African and Chinese Families

In African Civilization, there were groups called kinship. They were people who were connected by adoption or mirrage. Kinship groups formed the government of many African Societies. The council of the eldest members made most of the decisions in Kinship groups. Members of Kinship groups trusted each other. Kinship groups with a common ancestors made a bigger group called clans. Clans usually followed the same rules. In some clans, members could not marry each other. In the Chinese Empire, elders were respected among the family. In Confucianism, people had to respect others like rulers among subjects. In the empire they didn't have small groups like in the African Civilization. But in famalies, the elders and the older generations probably had higher power in the family