matrilineal

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English - Turkish
Anaerkil
anne tarafından
mother; maternal: matrilineal
anne, anne: matrilineal
English - English
Tracing descent only through female lines

Kerala traditionally has matrilineal inheritance.

{s} originating with the mother, of descent through the mother's side of the family
Tribal organization among the Five Nations of Iroquois was matrilineal Women headed individual family units, headed clans, and chose the males who sat on tribal councils that considered policies regarding diplomacy and war
descent traced exclusively through the female line
Descent reckoned through the female line
tracing ancestral descent through the mother's line instead of the father's line
A unilineal kinship system in which an individual is a member of the mother’s descent line
based on or tracing descent through the female line; "matrilineal inheritance
based on or tracing descent through the female line; "matrilineal inheritance"
matrilineally
by descent through the female line
matrilineally
by way of the mother, from the mother's side of the family
matrilineal
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