matrilineality
Mother-line inheritance system
Matrilineality is the practice of tracing descent, inheritance, or group membership through the mother's line rather than the father's.
In matrilineal societies, children belong to the mother's clan, and property or titles pass from mothers to daughters or from maternal uncles to nephews.
The system concerns lineage, not power—matrilineal societies aren't necessarily matriarchies.
Of the womb
- mitochondrialOf cell's energy centers
- consanguinityRelatedness through shared ancestry
- cognaticRelated through any ancestor
- bloodlineAncestry through generations
foremothers · ancestresses · genealogy · kindred · progeny · dynasty · pedigree
Related group sharing ancestry
- moietyOne of two parts
- totemSpiritual clan symbol
- clanshipKinship-based group solidarity
- bilateralInvolving two parties
patrilineal · endogamy · exogamy · family · kindred · relations · sorority · kinfolk
Something owned or inherent
- estateProperty and grounds
- successionFollowing in order
- dowryMarital property transfer
- dowerWidow's inheritance right
heirloom · bequest · legacy · queenship · titles · entailment · primogeniture · beneficiary
Of cell's energy centers
- haplogroupGenetic ancestry classification
- geneticsScience of hereditary transmission
- heredityGenetic trait transmission
Study of human cultures
- ethnographySystematic study of peoples
- feminismAdvocacy for sex equality
- patriarchyMale-dominated social order
- NairTopical strand dissolver
Hopi · Navajo · Tuareg · indigenous · tribal · customs · traditions
uterine
Of the womb
- mitochondrialOf cell's energy centers
- consanguinityRelatedness through shared ancestry
- cognaticRelated through any ancestor
bloodline · foremothers · ancestresses · genealogy · kindred · progeny · dynasty · pedigree
clan
Related group sharing ancestry
bilateral · patrilineal · endogamy · exogamy · family · kindred · relations · sorority · kinfolk · sisterhood
property
Something owned or inherent
- estateProperty and grounds
- successionFollowing in order
- dowryMarital property transfer
dower · heirloom · bequest · legacy · queenship · titles · entailment · primogeniture · beneficiary · intestate
mitochondrial
Of cell's energy centers
- haplogroupGenetic ancestry classification
- geneticsScience of hereditary transmission
- heredityGenetic trait transmission
anthropology
Study of human cultures
- ethnographySystematic study of peoples
- feminismAdvocacy for sex equality
- patriarchyMale-dominated social order
Nair · Hopi · Navajo · Tuareg · indigenous · tribal · customs · traditions
lineage, maternal, matriarch, maternity, lineal, matriarchy, matrilineal, matrilineage, matriliny