Descent and Lineage Flashcards
1
Q
Descent
A
a social rule that assigns identity based on ancestry
2
Q
Lineage
A
the group composed of people from shared ancestry
Who’s inside and who’s outside
3
Q
Unilineal descent
A
traces through one parent
can be patrilineal or matrilineal
4
Q
Patrilineal
A
through father’s household/ lineage
most common
5
Q
Monogenesis
A
only one parent creates life,
usually the father (patrilineal)
6
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Matrilineal
A
traces lineage through the mother
less common but still exist
7
Q
Ambilineal
A
when the child reaches adult age, he can chose which line
8
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Cognatic descent
A
US tend to think this way
members of both father’s and mother’s families
“Family merge”
