The joint family system With the eskimo kinship map focuses on differences in kinship distance with the closer the relative is, the more distinctions are made. It places no distinction between patrilineal and matrilineal relatives. The system emphasizes the roll of the nuclear family as opposed to the large families of that of a Hawaiian kinship. It illustrates only the mother, father, brother, and sister (nuclear family). While all of the other relatives are grouped in almost separate categories. The Eskimo kinship map uses both descriptive and classificatory terms. The Eskimo kinship system is really interesting because its defined by its "bilateral" emphasis which means there are no distinction between matrilineal and patrilineal relatives.