female line
Descent through mothers
The female line is ancestry traced through mothers rather than fathers.
In genealogy, it tracks descent from mother to daughter across generations: The estate passed through the female line.
This contrasts with the male line or patrilineal descent, which follows fathers.
Some cultures and inheritance systems recognize the female line as primary.
- matrilinealDescended through maternal line
- maternalOf or like mothers
- motherFemale parent
- birth motherParent who delivered child
- daughterFemale child of parents
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- lineageancestry, royal dynasties, bloodline, noble houses, dynasty
- matrilineal kinshipmatriarch, clan mother, clan mothers, maternal bloodline, maternal side
- kinshipmother, father, sister, brother, children
female linemale line
Lineage through paternal ancestors
paternal line · patrilineage · patrilineal · male lineage · agnatic succession
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