The alliance approach is one of the most influential perspectives in the sociological and anthropological study of kinship. It was mainly developed by French anthropologist Claude Lévi-Strauss, who argued that kinship systems should not be understood merely in terms of descent and biological relationships but as systems of social relationships created through marriage alliances. According to this approach, marriage acts as a mechanism through which different social groups establish bonds, exchange resources, and maintain social solidarity. Lévi-Strauss developed the concept of the “elementary structures of kinship” to explain how societies regulate marriage through rules such as the prohibition of incest and patterns of prescribed marriage. He argued that the universal incest taboo forces groups to exchange women through marriage, creating alliances between families and communities. Thus, kinship is viewed as a system of communication and exchange where marriage links different social units. The alliance approach emphasizes the importance of exchange theory. Lévi-Strauss, influenced by Marcel