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kinship In anthropology, kinship is the web of social relationships that form an important part of the lives of all humans in all societies, although its exact meanings even within this discipline are often debated. Anthropologist Robin Fox says th ...

and

family Family (from la, familia) is a group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or affinity (by marriage or other relationship). The purpose of the family is to maintain the well-being of its members and of society. Idea ...

. Kin or KIN may also refer to:

Culture and religion

* Otherkin, people who identify as not entirely human * Kinism, a white supremacist religious movement *

Kinh The Vietnamese people ( vi, người Việt, lit=Viet people) or Kinh people ( vi, người Kinh) are a Southeast Asian ethnic group native to modern-day Northern Vietnam and Southern China (Jing Islands, Dongxing, Guangxi). The native la ...

, the majority ethnic group of Vietnam

Places

* Kin empires and dynasties of China, now romanized as ''Jin'' * Kin, Okinawa, a town in Okinawa, Japan *

Kin, Pakistan Kin, United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency is a village in Rajanpur District, Punjab, of central Pakistan. It is located on the western side (right bank) of the Indus River at the edge of the flood plain. Kin is in the Mazāri ...

, a village along the Indus in Pakistan * Kin, Ye, a village in Ye Township, Myanmar * Kin, Mogok, a village in Mogok Township, Myanmar

Arts, entertainment, and media

Music

* ''Kin'' (iamamiwhoami album), 2012 * ''KIN'' (KT Tunstall album), 2016 * ''Kin'' (Pat Metheny album), 2014 * ''Kin'' (Mogwai album), 2018 * ''Kin'' (Xentrix album), 1992 * ''Kin'' (Whitechapel album), 2021

Film

* ''Kin'', a 2000 South African-British film by Elaine Proctor * ''Kin'' (film), a 2018 American science fiction film

Television

* "Kin" (''Justified''), a 2013 episode of the TV series ''Justified'' * ''Kin'' (Irish TV series), crime drama set in Dublin * ''Kin'' (Singaporean TV series), a Singaporean TV drama series

Other arts, entertainment, and media

* The Kin, a group of women in the novel series ''The Wheel of Time'' * ''Kin'' (comics), a 2000 comic-book limited series by Gary Frank * "Kin" (short story), a 2006 short story by Bruce McAllister

Organizations

Kin Canada Kin Canada (formerly the Kinsmen and Kinette Clubs of Canada) is a secular Canada, Canadian non-profit service organization that promotes Community Service, service, fellowship, Value (personal and cultural), positive values, and national pride. ...

, a Canadian non-profit service organization * Kids In Need Foundation or KIN

Transportation

* Kingston Railroad Station (Rhode Island)'s Amtrak station code, KIN * Norman Manley International Airport's IATA Code, KIN

Other uses

* KIN (gene), a gene for a DNA/RNA binding protein * Kin (mass), a Japanese unit of mass * Kin, a cryptocurrency token by Kik Interactive *

Kinyarwanda Kinyarwanda, Rwandan or Rwanda, officially known as Ikinyarwanda, is a Bantu language and a dialect of the Rwanda-Rundi language that is spoken in Rwanda and adjacent parts of Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Uganda (where the ...

language's ISO 639 code, KIN * Kin or ''rin'', a Japanese

standing bell A standing bell or resting bell is an inverted bell, supported from below with the rim uppermost. Such bells are normally bowl-shaped, and exist in a wide range of sizes, from a few centimetres to a metre in diameter. They are often played by s ...

* K'in, a day in the Maya Calendar * Microsoft Kin, a family of social networking phones developed by Microsoft