matrilineal
Mother's side descent
Matrilineal describes descent or inheritance traced through the mother's line rather than the father's.
In matrilineal societies, children belong to their mother's clan, and property or titles pass from mothers to daughters or from maternal uncles to nephews: The Navajo have a matrilineal kinship system.
The opposite is patrilineal.
Descent from progenitors
- descentDownward slope or lineage
- genealogyStudy of family descent
- bloodlineAncestry through generations
- foremothersFemale ancestors collectively
mitochondrial · inheritance · kinship · pedigree · progenitors · ancestors · clan · uterine
Related group sharing ancestry
- clanshipKinship-based group solidarity
- kinfolkFamily members collectively
- relativesThose connected by blood
- householdDomestic unit of residents
sibling · moiety · tribe · endogamy · exogamy · avuncular · bridewealth · dowry
Something owned or inherent
- landEarth's solid surface
- titlesNames of creative works
- successionFollowing in order
- heirloomInherited family treasure
estate · birthright · primogeniture · daughters · custodianship · trusteeship · entitlement
Mother of a parent
- elderSenior figure of authority
- materfamiliasFemale head of household
- dowagerTitled widow of nobility
- forebearAncestral family member
headwoman · chieftainess · ancestress · dynasty · succession · authority · leadership · council
Topical strand dissolver
- HopiPueblo people of Arizona
- NavajoSouthwestern indigenous people
- TuaregSaharan Berber ethnic group
- IroquoisNative American confederacy
longhouse · village · communal · tribal · indigenous · traditional · ethnicity · customs
lineage
Descent from progenitors
- descentDownward slope or lineage
- genealogyStudy of family descent
- bloodlineAncestry through generations
foremothers · mitochondrial · inheritance · kinship · pedigree · progenitors · ancestors · clan · uterine · matrilineage
clan
Related group sharing ancestry
- clanshipKinship-based group solidarity
- kinfolkFamily members collectively
- relativesThose connected by blood
household · sibling · moiety · tribe · endogamy · exogamy · avuncular · bridewealth · dowry
property
Something owned or inherent
- landEarth's solid surface
- titlesNames of creative works
- successionFollowing in order
heirloom · estate · birthright · primogeniture · daughters · custodianship · trusteeship · entitlement
grandmother
Mother of a parent
- elderSenior figure of authority
- materfamiliasFemale head of household
- dowagerTitled widow of nobility
forebear · headwoman · chieftainess · ancestress · dynasty · succession · authority · leadership · council · decision-making
Nair
Topical strand dissolver
Iroquois · longhouse · village · communal · tribal · indigenous · traditional · ethnicity · customs
X-chromosome
Sex-linked genetic structure
- JudaismShabbat, kosher, Passover, Torah, Hanukkah
- ancestryancestors, kinship, ancestor, clan, ancestry
- anthropologyanthropology, fieldwork, ethnography, social anthropology, cultural anthropology
- Indian Societycaste, varna, Dalit, untouchability, caste system
- kinship systemsclan, tribe, lineage, dynasty, household
- IroquoisIroquois, Mohawk, Iroquois Confederacy, Oneida, Onondaga
matrilinealpatrilineal
Traced through fathers
patriarchal · patrilocal · paternal · patrilineage · collateral