Introduction of genetic technologies resulted in the redefining of our conception of family. By prioritising biological rather than social relationships, geneticisation has led to the biologisation of kinship. (Finkler, 2005)
Emphasising our biological connectedness redefines our perceptions of the family structure. The social group which assembles the family has many grey areas generated by behaviours, the half-sibling, the estranged child, the divorced parents, all create sub divisions and dispersed groups, the family experience is generated by the everyday practices of communication and support. The biologisation of kinship puts the family unit into a different order, the taxonomy of the group presents calculated classification where the grey areas of behaviour do not play a part.
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