matrilinear
Through the mother's line
Matrilinear describes descent, inheritance, or kinship traced through the mother's line rather than the father's.
In matrilinear societies, children belong to their mother's clan, and property or titles pass from mothers to daughters or from maternal uncles to nephews: Many Native American nations were matrilinear.
Also spelled matrilineal.
Family line of descent
- lineageDescent from progenitors
- descentDownward slope or lineage
- inheritanceProperty received from ancestors
- maternalOf or like mothers
mother's line · clan · genealogy · bloodline · kinship · foremothers · grandmother · great-grandmother
Topical strand dissolver
- HopiPueblo people of Arizona
- NavajoSouthwestern indigenous people
- IroquoisNative American confederacy
- CherokeeIndigenous Southeastern nation
uncle · communal · longhouse · clan mother · tribal · indigenous · traditional · property rights
Religious legal code of Judaism
- HalachaJewish religious law system
- Jewish identityBeing part of the tribe
- conversionAct of changing states
- JewishnessBeing of Hebrew descent
rabbinical · tribal membership · covenant · birthright · interfaith · denominational · Reform · Conservative
Union outside one's clan
- endogamyMarriage within one's group
- consanguinityRelatedness through shared ancestry
- moietyOne of two parts
- bilateralInvolving two parties
patrilineal · totemic · structural · ethnographic · fieldwork
Maternally inherited organelle genome
- EveGenesis matriarch
- X chromosomeSex-determining genetic element
- genetic markerIdentifiable DNA sequence location
- ancient DNAGenetic material from remains
ancestry
Family line of descent
- lineageDescent from progenitors
- descentDownward slope or lineage
- inheritanceProperty received from ancestors
maternal · mother's line · clan · genealogy · bloodline · kinship · foremothers · grandmother · great-grandmother · pedigree
Nair
Topical strand dissolver
Cherokee · uncle · communal · longhouse · clan mother · tribal · indigenous · traditional · property rights · household
Jewish law
Religious legal code of Judaism
- HalachaJewish religious law system
- Jewish identityBeing part of the tribe
- conversionAct of changing states
Jewishness · rabbinical · tribal membership · covenant · birthright · interfaith · denominational · Reform · Conservative
exogamy
Union outside one's clan
- endogamyMarriage within one's group
- consanguinityRelatedness through shared ancestry
- moietyOne of two parts
bilateral · patrilineal · totemic · structural · ethnographic · fieldwork
mitochondrial DNA
Maternally inherited organelle genome
- EveGenesis matriarch
- X chromosomeSex-determining genetic element
- genetic markerIdentifiable DNA sequence location
matrilinearpatrilineal
Traced through fathers
patrilinear · bilateral · cognatic · paternal line · patriarchy