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'''Parentela''' is a term used in [[Brazil]] meaning 'extended [[family]]', including all relatives (''parentes'') by [[blood]], [[marriage]] and ritual, generally living in a number of households. Colloquially the term is understood as a plethora of obedient kin, and elite ''parentelas'' have crucial national significance. The practice of endogamous marriage has conserved patrimony (especially on''fadenzas'') within the family group by preventing the dividing-up of [[property]] among legitimate [[heir]]s entitled by [[inheritance]] laws.  

'''Parentela''' is a term used in [[Brazil]] meaning 'extended [[family]]', including all relatives (''parentes'') by [[blood]], [[marriage]] and ritual, generally living in a number of households. Colloquially the term is understood as a plethora of obedient kin, and elite ''parentelas'' have crucial national significance. The practice of endogamous marriage has conserved patrimony (especially on ''fazendas'') within the family group by preventing the dividing up of [[property]] among legitimate [[heir]]s entitled by [[inheritance]] laws.  

Brazilian feminists have claimed that ''patria potesas'' - the authority of the head of the household - has denied wives the right to alienate landed property without their husband's consent. Although not limited to the wealthy elite, ''parentelas'' explain the preponderance of ''[[coronelismo]]'' throughout Brazil, especially in the north-east.

Brazilian feminists have claimed that ''patria potestas'' - the authority of the head of the household - has denied wives the right to alienate landed property without their husband's consent. Although not limited to the wealthy elite, ''parentelas'' explain the preponderance of ''[[coronelismo]]'' throughout Brazil, especially in the north-east.

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