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Boy, for all the editorial sturm und drang this article has been through, it sure is ''short''. --[[User:Gary D|Gary D]] 10:41, 28 Aug 2004 (UTC)
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A '''clan''' is a group of people united by [[kinship]]. Generally a clan is quite large. Members of a clan generally share a common ancestor three or more generations back (i.e., they share the same great grandparents, great-great grandparents, or an even more distant ancestor). Kin groups who share the same grandparents are generally called extended [[family|families]], not clans.
Jossi and other followers, I know you do not like it that the article gives a description of the four techniques but they are documented, relevant facts and should hence go into the article according to [[NPOV]] guidelines. I really think that this is important information that will help outsiders to understand what this is all about. [[User:Andries|Andries]] 11:59, 29 Aug 2004 (UTC)
A clan is distinguished from other kin-based groups such as [[tribe]]s and [[band society|bands]] by the fact that clans generally exist ''within a larger [[society]].'' That society can be a tribe, a [[chiefdom]], or a [[state]], but the clan does not see itself as distinct from the society it lives in. The clans of [[Scotland]] and [[China]] are two examples.
Most clans are [[exogamy|exogamous]], meaning that its members cannot marry one another. Some clans have an official leader such as a [[chieftain]], matriarch, or patriarch.
===China===
*[[Chinese family name]]
*[[Consort clan]]
The five main [[Han Chinese]] ''[[Punti]]'' clans in [[Hong Kong]] are:
* [[Tang clan]], arrived in Hong Kong in [[1069]]
* [[Hau clan]], arrived in the 12th century
* [[Pang clan]], arrived in the 12th century
* [[Man clan]], arrived in [[1307]]
* [[Liu clan]], arrived in the 15th century
===See also:===
* [[tribe]]
* [[Scottish clans]]
* [[Norse clans]]
* [[Japanese clans]]
* [[Manchu family name]]
* [[Clan (gaming)]]
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[[Category:Kinship and descent]]
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