1. The Anthropology of Sibling Relations: Explorations in Shared Parentage, Experience, and Exchange; Tatjana Thelen, Cati Coe, and Erdmute Alber PART I: THE GIVEN AND THE MADE 2. "Sharing Made Us Sisters": Sisterhood, Migration and Household Dynamics in Mexico and Namibia; Julia Pauli 3. Kinship as Friendship: Brothers and Sisters in Kwahu, Ghana; Sjaak van der Geest PART II: AMBIVALENCE IN SIBLING RELATIONS ACROSS THE LIFE COURSE 4. Within the Thicket of Intergenerational Sibling Relations: A Case Study from Northern Benin; Erdmute Alber 5. When Siblings Determine Your Fate: Educational Mobility and Sibling Support in Rural Northwest China; Helena Obendiek 6. Transnational Migration and Changes in Sibling Support in Ghana; Cati Coe Afterword; Janet Carsten