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Tracing of kinship through the female line
Matrilineality, at times called matriliny, is the tracing of kinship through the female line. It may also correlate with a social system in which people
Matrilineality
Tracing of Jewish descent through maternal lineage
Jessica Fishman view matrilineality as an outdated patriarchal form of control over women's bodies. Fishman labels matrilineality a fundamental denial
Matrilineality_in_Judaism
Tracing of kinship through the male line
cognate kinship which is through any combination of lineages, and from matrilineality which is through the mother's lineage, also called the spindle side
Patrilineality
Area in south-central Africa where societies tend to be matrilineal
the matrilineal belt is an area in Africa south of the equator centered in south-central Africa where matrilineality is predominant. The matrilineal belt
Matrilineal_belt
Mode of descent
both a father and mother. Such relatives may be known as cognates. Matrilineality — Kinship through the female line Patrilineality — Kinship through the
Cognatic_kinship
Hereditary succession through female relatives
Matrilineal succession is a form of hereditary succession or other inheritance through which the subject's female relatives are traced back in a matrilineal
Matrilineal_succession
Ethnic group in West Africa
have cultural attributes in common; most notably the tracing of royal matrilineal descent in the inheritance of property, and for succession to high political
Akan_people
Mother-centered family structure
Herlihy found in Kuri a trend toward matriliny and a correlation with matrilineality, while some patriarchal norms also existed. Herlihy found that the "women
Matrifocal_family
Family relationship
anthropological research focused on the association between the avunculate and matrilineal descent, while later research has expanded to consider the avunculate
Avunculate
includes societies that have been argued to practice matrilineality or matrilocality. "Matrilineal" means kinship is passed down through the maternal line
List of matrilineal or matrilocal societies
List_of_matrilineal_or_matrilocal_societies
Surname received from a female ancestor
League, on the topic of identity-surnames Maiden and married names Matrilineality Patrilineality Patronymic surname Women's rights The word "matriname"
Matriname
Jainists of Bunt caste from Tulunaad, India
consume anything after sunset or eat root vegetables.[citation needed] Matrilineality is a unique social system of "Aliyasantana" observed among various other
Jain_Bunt
Line of ancestors and descendants of a person
some combination of both (ambilineal). The cultural significance of matrilineal or patrilineal descent varies greatly, shaping social structures, inheritance
Lineage_(anthropology)
Biblical concept
Collateral House society Avunculate Linealities Ambilineality Unilineality Matrilineality Patrilineality Household forms and residence Extended Matrifocal Matrilocal
Beautiful_captive_woman
Web of human social relationships
subdivided into two: patrilineal (male) and matrilineal (female). Most societies are patrilineal. Examples of a matrilineal system of descent are the Nyakyusa
Kinship
Migration flow in Meghalaya
proud heritage, including matrilineality, although it was reported in 2004 that they were losing some of their matrilineal traits. The tribes are said
Matrilineal society of Meghalaya
Matrilineal_society_of_Meghalaya
Kinship system used to define family
gender, and in some instances based on relative age. The patrilineal and matrilineal line are differentiated. Ego's father is distinguished from Ego's father's
Sudanese_kinship
Difference between cousins based on parents' gender
child). Where there are unilineal descent groups in a society (i.e. matrilineal and/or patrilineal), one's parallel cousins on one or both sides will
Parallel_and_cross_cousins
Consort of Elizabeth II from 1952 to 2021
their murder in 1918, by comparing their mitochondrial DNA to living matrilineal relatives, including Philip. Philip, Alexandra, and her children were
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
Prince_Philip,_Duke_of_Edinburgh
Male relative who is sibling of one's parent
anthropological research focused on the association between the avunculate and matrilineal descent, while later research has expanded to consider the avunculate
Uncle
Topics referred to by the same term
Mauricio Garcia is a mass murderer who died at the scene of a mass shooting he perpetrated at a mall in Texas in May 2023 Mauricio Garcia may also refer
Mauricio Garcia (disambiguation)
Mauricio_Garcia_(disambiguation)
Country in South Asia
husband or partner. Some Bhutanese communities have what is referred to as matrilineal communities, where the eldest daughter receives the largest share of
Bhutan
Relatives on the mother's side
demonstrates a strong emphasis on one or other line of inheritance (matrilineal or patrilineal), relatives who fall outside this unilineal grouping will
Matrilateral
Ethnoreligious group
background or lineage (sometimes including those who do not have strictly matrilineal descent), and people without any Jewish ancestral background or lineage
Jews
Child of one's sibling or half-sibling
more rights of inheritance than the uncle's daughter. However, in some matrilineal cultures, a mother's brother (the uncle) might be considered the "social
Niece_and_nephew
Group of people united by actual or perceived kinship and descent
Collateral House society Avunculate Linealities Ambilineality Unilineality Matrilineality Patrilineality Household forms and residence Extended Matrifocal Matrilocal
Clan
as Lewis H. Morgan, Friedrich Engels or August Bebel openly equated matrilineality with primitive communism and patrilineality with individualism, oppression
Women_in_prehistory
Social arrangement which only allows marriage outside a social group
societies and in many societies described in classical literature. It can be matrilineal or patrilineal. Some Indigenous Australian Nations use groupings often
Exogamy
Mating system in which the female partner may have multiple partners
certain insects, fish, birds, and mammals. Legal status of polygamy Matrilineality Polygyny in India Polyandry in India Polyandry in Tibet Sacred prostitution
Polyandry
Money or other form of wealth paid by a groom or his family to the family of the bride
Collateral House society Avunculate Linealities Ambilineality Unilineality Matrilineality Patrilineality Household forms and residence Extended Matrifocal Matrilocal
Bride_price
Type of fostering allegiance formed during nursing by a non-biological mother
Collateral House society Avunculate Linealities Ambilineality Unilineality Matrilineality Patrilineality Household forms and residence Extended Matrifocal Matrilocal
Milk_kinship
Type of descent group within a society
cases, the community usually has unilineal descent (either patri- or matrilineal) so that any individual belongs to one of the two moiety groups by birth
Moiety_(kinship)
Most recent individual from which all organisms in a group are directly descended
established pedigree, although this may refer only to patrilineal or matrilineal lines for sexually-reproducing organisms with two parents, four grandparents
Most_recent_common_ancestor
5th ManiKongo of Kongo from 1470 to 1509
elective, rather than hereditary as in Europe; as Kongo culture followed a matrilineality structure, where the elder son of the king is not automatically the
João_I_of_Kongo
Chinese minority people
List of ethnic groups in China List of matrilineal or matrilocal societies Lugu Lake Matriarchy Matrilineality Matrilocal residence Mosuo women Nashi
Mosuo
1893 painting by Raja Ravi Varma
the title) represents the Nair matrilineal system. The nuclear family depicted acts as a call for the end of matrilineality. Critic Niharika Dinkar notes:
There_Comes_Papa
Inheritance system followed in Tulu Nadu
the matrilineal family land on behalf of their sister. Billava Bunts (except Parivara Bunts) Devadiga Mogaveera Kulala Matrilineality Matrilineal succession
Aliyasantana
Native American kinship system
is extremely similar to the Crow system. But, whereas Crow groups are matrilineal, Omaha descent groups are characteristically patrilineal. In this system
Omaha_kinship
Cultural rule that prohibits incest
a woman and her father do not. This is because the Trobrianders are matrilineal; children belong to the clan of their mother and not of their father
Incest_taboo
nephew), who succeeded him as mico in accordance with the Creek custom of matrilineality. During the Yamasee War, Brim initially supported the Yamasee in their
Emperor_Brim
Byzantine-Armenian noble family
Lekapenos (Greek: Λεκαπηνός) or Lakapenos (Greek: Λακαπηνός), usually Latinized as Lecapenus or Lacapenus, feminine form Lekapene (Greek: Λεκαπηνή) or
Lekapenos
Marriage between those with common grandparents or other recent ancestors
descent group, meaning either matrilineal or patrilineal descent. Matrilateral cross-cousin marriage in societies with matrilineal descent meant that a male
Cousin_marriage
Topics referred to by the same term
Founding Mothers may refer to: Matrilineality in Judaism Women in the American Revolution Founding Mothers, book on this topic by journalist Cokie Roberts
Founding_Mothers
English actress (born 1986)
mother and younger sister, Hannah Arterton, who is also an actress. Her matrilineal great-grandmother was a German-Jewish concert violinist. Arterton attended
Gemma_Arterton
Topics referred to by the same term
championship, in boxing, "the man who beats the man" takes his championship Matrilineality (AKA matriliny, enatic ancestry, uterine ancestry), a system in which
Lineal
Societal system of married couples residing with the wife's parents
lives in mother's household) Nair people of Kerala Pueblos, among whom "matrilineality ... seemed to be associated with matrilocality" Siraya Tlingit Vanatinai
Matrilocal_residence
DNA testing to infer relationships
Genetic genealogy is the use of genealogical DNA tests, i.e., DNA profiling and DNA testing, in combination with traditional genealogical methods, to infer
Genetic_genealogy
Type of kinship system
The joint family system places no distinction between patrilineal and matrilineal relatives; instead, it focuses on differences in kinship distance (the
Inuit_kinship
Determination of descent groups through one sex of ancestor
exclusively through female ancestors (matriline). Both patrilineality and matrilineality are types of unilineal descent. The main types of the unilineal descent
Unilineality
Indian painter (1848–1906)
that for over 200 years produced consorts for the princesses of the matrilineal Travancore royal family. The title Raja was conferred as a personal title
Raja_Ravi_Varma
Obligatory marriage between a widow and a brother of the deceased
Collateral House society Avunculate Linealities Ambilineality Unilineality Matrilineality Patrilineality Household forms and residence Extended Matrifocal Matrilocal
Levirate_marriage
Anthropological concept
Collateral House society Avunculate Linealities Ambilineality Unilineality Matrilineality Patrilineality Household forms and residence Extended Matrifocal Matrilocal
Fictive_kinship
Matrilineal tribe of Kerala, India
Kurichiya or Kurichiyar also known as Hill Brahmins or Malai Brahmins are a matrilineal tribe of Kerala distributed mainly in Wayanad and Kannur districts of
Kurichiya
Former system of matrilineal inheritance in Kerala, India
Marumakkathayam was a system of matrilineal inheritance prevalent in regions of the Indian state of Kerala. It is similar to the Aliyasanthana system
Marumakkathayam
Structuralist method of studying kinship
Collateral House society Avunculate Linealities Ambilineality Unilineality Matrilineality Patrilineality Household forms and residence Extended Matrifocal Matrilocal
Alliance_theory
Social system in which a couple resides near a husband's parents' residence
Collateral House society Avunculate Linealities Ambilineality Unilineality Matrilineality Patrilineality Household forms and residence Extended Matrifocal Matrilocal
Patrilocal_residence
Form of dyadic relationship
Collateral House society Avunculate Linealities Ambilineality Unilineality Matrilineality Patrilineality Household forms and residence Extended Matrifocal Matrilocal
Monogamy
Crown prince of Babylon
539 BC (?) Babylon (?) Akkadian Bēl-šar-uṣur Dynasty Chaldean dynasty (matrilineal) (?) Father Nabonidus Mother Nitocris (?) (A daughter of Nebuchadnezzar
Belshazzar
Group of related people
members is descended from the common ancestor through male forebears. Matrilineality is a form of kinship system in which an individual's family membership
Family
Systems of law covering social interactions in Australian Aboriginal societies
point. This means that a woman has the same subsection name as her (matrilineal) great-great-grandmother. The Pintupi of the Western Desert also have
Australian Aboriginal kinship systems
Australian_Aboriginal_kinship_systems
Concept in sociology
Collateral House society Avunculate Linealities Ambilineality Unilineality Matrilineality Patrilineality Household forms and residence Extended Matrifocal Matrilocal
Social_stratification
Caste group in India
achieved an unparalleled eminence in the anthropological literature on matrilineality". None of the rituals survive in any significant way today. Two forms
Nair
Social system with female rule
motherly aspects of various female deities and femininity.[pages needed] Matrilineality, which is a system where descent, identity, inheritance or property
Matriarchy
Personal names used in, or originating in, England
referred to as first names, and a (most commonly patrilineal, rarely matrilineal) family name or surname, also referred to as a last name. The given names
English_name
Mating system in which the male partner may have multiple partners
Collateral House society Avunculate Linealities Ambilineality Unilineality Matrilineality Patrilineality Household forms and residence Extended Matrifocal Matrilocal
Polygyny
Type of pattern of inheritance
Non-Mendelian inheritance is any pattern in which traits do not segregate in accordance with Mendel's laws. These laws describe the inheritance of traits
Non-Mendelian_inheritance
Surname list
Look up Hartman in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Hartman is a name that occurs as a surname and a given name. Hartman is surname of German origin. Notable
Hartman
Group of ethnic peoples in Northeast India
contrasting cultural features. The hill Tiwas speak Tiwa and follows matrilineality while the plain Tiwa who are more numerous in number speak Assamese
Bodo–Kachari_peoples
Member of the British royal family (1961–1997)
fourth great-grandmother in her direct maternal line, Eliza Kewark, was matrilineally of Indian descent. She is variously described in contemporary documents
Diana,_Princess_of_Wales
Indian marriage ceremony
switching away from matrilineality. Gough, Kathleen (1974). "Nayars: Central Kerala". In Schneider, David M.; Gough, Kathleen (eds.). Matrilineal kinship. Berkeley
Kettu_Kalyanam
Family that extends beyond the immediate family
Collateral House society Avunculate Linealities Ambilineality Unilineality Matrilineality Patrilineality Household forms and residence Extended Matrifocal Matrilocal
Extended_family
women or men, contrary to unilineal descent, whether patrilineal or matrilineal. Affiliation to a descent group will be determined either by choice or
Ambilineality
Chief Minister of Kerala since May 2026
K. Damodara Menon. Satheesan got his family name, Vadasseri, through matrilineal succession. He studied at Panangad High School in Panangad. He completed
V._D._Satheesan
Legal and anthropological concept
Collateral House society Avunculate Linealities Ambilineality Unilineality Matrilineality Patrilineality Household forms and residence Extended Matrifocal Matrilocal
Affinity_(law)
Collateral House society Avunculate Linealities Ambilineality Unilineality Matrilineality Patrilineality Household forms and residence Extended Matrifocal Matrilocal
Classificatory_kinship
Kinship terminology in Hawaii
Collateral House society Avunculate Linealities Ambilineality Unilineality Matrilineality Patrilineality Household forms and residence Extended Matrifocal Matrilocal
Hawaiian_kinship
Blood descendants of Jews
due to a break in matrilineal Jewish ancestry. Traditionally, Rabbinic Judaism has understood Jewishness to be passed down matrilineally. Although contemporary
Zera_Yisrael
Kinship system used to define family
The system is associated with groups that have a strong tradition of matrilineal descent. In doing so, the system is almost a mirror image of the Omaha
Crow_kinship
Haplogroup defined by differences in human mitochondrial DNA
mtDNA genome database. Human mitochondrial genetics Genetic genealogy Matrilineality Human Y-chromosome DNA haplogroups Population genetics Rishishwar L
Human mitochondrial DNA haplogroup
Human_mitochondrial_DNA_haplogroup
Country in Northeast Africa
to endow churches and church paintings. Even the royal succession was matrilineal, with the son of the king's sister being the rightful heir. From the
Sudan
Indigenous nation based in Oklahoma, United States
remain uncertain. The Chickasaw Nation’s societal structure is based on matrilineal clans, with two traditional moieties: the Imosak Chá'a' and the Inchokka'
Chickasaw_Nation
Book by Bronisław Malinowski
relationship of the Trobrianders is described with details of their complex matrilineal relationship structure, in which the biological paternity is ignored
The Sexual Life of Savages in North-Western Melanesia
The_Sexual_Life_of_Savages_in_North-Western_Melanesia
King of England from 1483 to 1485
at Bosworth and comparison of his mitochondrial DNA with that of two matrilineal descendants of his sister Anne. He was reburied in Leicester Cathedral
Richard_III_of_England
Husband marrying the sister of his wife
Collateral House society Avunculate Linealities Ambilineality Unilineality Matrilineality Patrilineality Household forms and residence Extended Matrifocal Matrilocal
Sororate_marriage
Sudharma'). Located in Western Sumatra, the Minangkabau are the largest matrilineal culture in the world and the fourth largest ethnic group in Indonesia
Indonesian_names
Assuming the socially higher ancestry
with, other methods of determining lineage, such as patrilineality and matrilineality. Until well into the 20th century, Australian state and federal governments
Hyperdescent
System of kinship common in the Philippines
Collateral House society Avunculate Linealities Ambilineality Unilineality Matrilineality Patrilineality Household forms and residence Extended Matrifocal Matrilocal
Philippine_kinship
Ethnic group and nation in Ghana
is related to the matrilineal system of the Asante. Assuming she marries an Asante who is not from Asante Bantama, the matrilineal system of the Asante
Asante_people
1927 anthropology book by Malinowski
Collateral House society Avunculate Linealities Ambilineality Unilineality Matrilineality Patrilineality Household forms and residence Extended Matrifocal Matrilocal
Sex and Repression in Savage Society
Sex_and_Repression_in_Savage_Society
Payment by one family of a marriage to the other family
in Bhutan. The dowry system does not exist in Bhutan; inheritance is matrilineal, and daughters do not take their father's name at birth, nor their husband's
Dowry
Traditional culture of Nair caste
and kuzhal are used. Marumakkathayam is matrilineality. Tharavad is a subclan household, which was matrilineal for Nairs, headed by the eldest male member
Nair_ceremonies_and_customs
Duchess of Schleswig-Holstein from 1869 to 1880
Karoline Mathilde and Augusta Victoria, Adelheid is the most recent common matrilineal ancestor of Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden and Felipe VI of Spain, respectively
Princess Adelheid of Hohenlohe-Langenburg
Princess_Adelheid_of_Hohenlohe-Langenburg
Marrying within a specific ethnic group, class, or social group
Collateral House society Avunculate Linealities Ambilineality Unilineality Matrilineality Patrilineality Household forms and residence Extended Matrifocal Matrilocal
Endogamy
Genetic disorder in European royalty
apparently escaped the haemophilia gene, as it did not appear in any of her matrilineal descendants. Victoria's fifth child, Princess Helena, may or may not
Haemophilia in European royalty
Haemophilia_in_European_royalty
British actor and singer
absolutely blown away... A whole different world just opened up." Her matrilineal great-grandmother was a German-Jewish concert violinist. Her early education
Hannah_Arterton
Social and legal category in early modern Iberia
Jewish peoplehood Twelve Tribes of Israel Old Christian "Who is a Jew?" Matrilineality in Judaism Patrilineality in Judaism Farnsworth, Cacey B. (2024). "Keeping
New_Christian
Human transition from foraging to settlement
to modern Near-Eastern/ Anatolian populations. The map shows genetic matrilineal distances between European Neolithic Linear Pottery Culture populations
Neolithic_Revolution
Indian engineer (born 1932)
Moosath Shakta Brahmin and Ammaluamma a Nair, however according to matrilineality he has taken the Nair caste. Sreedharan had his primary schooling at
E._Sreedharan
Traditional naming system in Vietnam
surname: most consist of a monosyllable and normally patrilineal, although matrilineality is possible. A given name including: An optional middle name that is
Vietnamese_name
Indigenous people of the United States
spirit were equally important and weaved together in a beautiful way. The matrilineal culture meant that women controlled property, such as their dwellings
Cherokee
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Boy/Male
Bengali, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Telugu
Son
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian
Poetry
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant of Folsom.
Boy/Male
Hindu
God is salvation
Girl/Female
Hindu, Indian, Sanskrit, Telugu
Goddess Saraswati
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian
Character; Earth
Boy/Male
Arabic, Muslim, Sindhi
A Scholar who Wrote about Spelling in the Quran; Ibn Shabib
Male
Swiss
, resolute helmet.
Boy/Male
Indian
Baby
Girl/Female
Gujarati, Indian
Success and Power
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