patrilineality
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Patrilineality — (or agnatic kinship) is a system in which one belongs to one s father s lineage.[1] It generally involves the inheritance of property, names or titles through the male line as well. A patriline is literally a father line; one s patriline is one s … Wikipedia
Matrilineality — is a system in which descent is traced through the mother and maternal ancestors. Matrilineality is also a societal system in which one belongs to one s matriline or mother s lineage, which can involve the inheritance of property and/or titles. A … Wikipedia
Chinese kinship — The Chinese kinship system (simplified Chinese: 亲属系统; traditional Chinese: 親屬系統; pinyin: qīn shǔ xì tǒng) is classified as a Sudanese kinship system (also referred to as the Descriptive system ) used to define family. Identified by Lewis Henry… … Wikipedia
Hyperdescent — is the practice of determining the lineage of a child of mixed race ancestry by assigning the child the race of his more socially dominant parent. Hyperdescent is the opposite of hypodescent (the practice of determining the lineage of a child of… … Wikipedia
Polynesian culture — ▪ cultural region, Pacific Ocean Introduction the beliefs and practices of the indigenous peoples of the ethnogeographic group of Pacific Islands known as Polynesia (from Greek poly ‘many and nēsoi ‘islands ). Polynesia encompasses a huge… … Universalium
Matriname — Matrilineal surnames are inherited or handed down from mother to daughter (to daughter) in matrilineal cultures, and this line of descent or mother line is called a matriline. For clarity and brevity, the scientific term matrilineal surname will… … Wikipedia
Matrilineality in Judaism — Part of a series of articles on Jews and Judaism … Wikipedia
Family name — Last name redirects here. For the song, see Last Name. Family name Frankenstein, an example of compound German family names which were typical for Jews (New Jewish Cemetery, Prague) A family name (in Western contexts often referred to as a last… … Wikipedia
Inheritance — For other uses, see Inheritance (disambiguation) and Heir (disambiguation). William Hogarth s plate 1 from A Rake s Progress, The Young Heir Takes Possession Of The Miser s Effects as his inherita … Wikipedia
Marriage — For other uses, see Marriage (disambiguation). Married and Matrimony redirect here. For other uses, see Married (disambiguation) and Matrimony (disambiguation) … Wikipedia
