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Patrilineal Kinship

Index to Marriage and Kinship / Descent

Omaha Kinship System

Dani Kinship System

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patrilineal (agnatic) = unilineal descent through men

Found among 44% of all cultures
Kinship is traced through the male line
Males dominate position, power and property
Girls are raised for other families
Found in East and South Asia and Middle East
(Barbara D. Miller, 2002)

= Patrilateral Kin

= Matrilateral Kin

Matrilateral vs Patrilateral Kin -- Brian Schwimmer

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