Cognatic kinship is a mode of
descent calculated from an
ancestor counted through any combination of male and female links, or a system of
bilateral kinship where relations are traced through both a father and mother.
Such relatives may be known as cognates.
See also
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Matrilineality
Matrilineality is the tracing of kinship through the female line. It may also correlate with a social system in which each person is identified with their matriline – their mother's lineage – and which can involve the inheritance ...
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Patrilineality
Patrilineality, also known as the male line, the spear side or agnatic kinship, is a common kinship system in which an individual's family membership derives from and is recorded through their father's lineage. It generally involves the inheritan ...
References
Kinship and descent
Descendants of individuals
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