The Longuda consider matrilineal descent in many aspects of their social organisation more important than the patrilineal descent.
12.
Documentation for enrollment follows matrilineal descent.
13.
Well into the 20th century, the Cherokee had a kinship system of matrilineal descent, clan membership and family organization.
14.
In 1986, the Conservative Movement's Rabbinical Assembly reiterated the commitment of the Conservative movement to the law of matrilineal descent.
15.
The Pusalan are distinct from other Mapillas groups, in that they follow patrilineal descent, while other groups follow matrilineal descent.
16.
In a matrilineal descent system, an individual is considered to belong to the same descent group as her or his mother.
17.
Anacaona's high status was probably strengthened by elements of matrilineal descent in the Ta�no society, as described by Peter Martyr d'Anghiera.
18.
This would strangely mean that the female names are the oldest in G ) kiyi land, further confirming its matrilineal descent.
19.
Massim societies are usually characterized by matrilineal descent, elaborate mortuary sequences and complex systems of ritual exchange including the Kula ring.
20.
The matrilineal descent of Elizabeth II can only be traced back clearly six generations, to Mary Garritt, mother of Frances Webb.
