I'm inclined to disagree with your second statement. Those names and relationships were stated so that the reader would understand the relationships between all of the main characters, most of whom, were somehow related. In many cases, their fates involved vengeance of some kind, with many similarities. Knowing their backgrounds, and how they were related to each other does really help, especially in The Silmarillion.
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But Melkor also was there, and he came to the house of Fëanor, and there he slew Finwë King of the Noldor before his doors, and spilled the first blood in the Blessed Realm; for Finwë alone had not fled from the horror of the Dark.
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