In which kinship terminology are ego’s “brother” and “sister” distinguished from “cousins” and both father’s brother and mother’s brother are given the same kinship term, “uncle”?

a. Eskimo
b. Iroquois
c. Hawaiian
d. Crow
e. Omaha


ANSWER: a

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