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FACTORS RELATED TO INBREEDING COMPONENTS FROM ISONYMY IN AN URBAN POPULATION: ARANJUEZ (SPAIN)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 March 2008

SONIA E. COLANTONIO
Affiliation:
Cátedra de Antropología, Fac. de Ciencias Exactas, Físicas y Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Argentina Grupo Estudios Población y Sociedad (GEPS), Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain
VICENTE FUSTER
Affiliation:
Departamento de Zoología y Antropología Física, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain Grupo Estudios Población y Sociedad (GEPS), Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain
ALBERTO SANZ GIMENO
Affiliation:
Departamento de Sociología II, Facultad de Ciencias Políticas y Sociología, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain Grupo Estudios Población y Sociedad (GEPS), Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain
DAVID S. REHER
Affiliation:
Departamento de Sociología II, Facultad de Ciencias Políticas y Sociología, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain Grupo Estudios Población y Sociedad (GEPS), Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain

Summary

An isonymic analysis has been carried out using a sample of 1529 reconstituted families residing during 1870–1964 in Aranjuez, an urban area situated south of Madrid, Spain. The random, non-random and total-components inbreeding coefficients from isonymy were obtained and the various combinations of surnames compared in order to infer the patri- or matrilocal pattern of residence. Throughout the period studied the random component of inbreeding (Fr) has not changed, in contrast to the non-random component (Fn), thus suggesting the latter could be responsible for the reduction of total inbreeding. Using several methodological approaches (biplot analysis, α, ν and percentage of immigrants) the predominance of the immigration of grooms was interpreted in terms of Aranjuez as a matrilocal pattern of residence. From this study it can also be concluded that surnames provided by reconstituted families are good estimators of inbreeding and migration.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2007

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