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This chapter provides the basic symbols to image present and past ephemeral and committed relationships. Open and closed adoptions are distinguished and presented as a special case of descent. A method for mapping households independently from affinal relationships is described for possible use in social work. The key symbols are circles and lines. Circles represent past and present relationships and lines between circles represent descent or change of partners. Algebraic notations are used to track children as their parents change partners and households.
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Jedlicka, D. (2011). How to Construct Affinographs. In: Affinographs. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-9395-3_3
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