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	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Patrilineal
		A patriline is a line of descent from a male ancestor to a descendant (of either sex) in which the individuals in all intervening generations are male.
		In a patrilineal descent system, an individual is considered to belong to the same descent group as his or her father.
		Patrilineality (a.k.a agnatic kinship) is a system in which one belongs to one's father's lineage; it generally involves the inheritance of property, names or titles through the male line as well.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Patrilineal (378 words)

	Spartanburg SC \| GoUpstate.com \| Spartanburg Herald-Journal
		The fact that the Y chromosome (Y-DNA) is paternally inherited enables patrilines, and agnatic kinships, of men to be traced through genetic analysis.
		The terms "agnate" (for patrilineal relatives) and "cognate" (for all relatives equally) are taken from Roman law.
		Tribal descent, such as whether one is a kohen or a Levite, is still inherited patrilineally in Judaism, as is communal identity as a Sephardi or Ashkenazi Jew.
	www.goupstate.com /apps/pbcs.dll/section?category=NEWS&template=wiki&text=patrilineal_descent (821 words)

	Highbeam Encyclopedia - Search Results for descent
		Unilineal descent is either matrilineal (if traced through the mother) or patrilineal (traced through the father's line).
		parallel descent A term applied by social anthropologists to a form of arranging descent that does not result in groupings containing both sexes: instead, there are matrilineal groups of females, and patrilineal groups of males.
		Descent II will be the first in a series of titles over the next two...
	www.encyclopedia.com /searchpool.asp?target=descent (1094 words)

	-- Beliefnet.com
		It is true that matrilineal descent is the rabbinic norm.
		But if we are talking about tradition, patrilineal descent in Judaism is actually much older than matrilineal descent.
		Consider for instance that on Friday night in Jewish homes, female children are blessed to be like the matriarchs, while the male children are blessed to be like "Manasseh and Ephraim." This recalls the extraordinary blessing (with crossed hands) that Jacob gives to Joseph's sons.
	www.beliefnet.com /story/19/story_1902_1.html (634 words)

	Reform Movement's Resolution on Patrilineal Descent
		In intertribal marriage in ancient Israel, paternal descent was decisive.
		This leads us to the conclusion that the same requirements must be applied to establish the status of a child of a mixed marriage, regardless of whether the mother or the father is Jewish.
		The Central Conference of American Rabbis declares that the child of one Jewish parent is under the presumption of Jewish descent.
	www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org /jsource/Judaism/patrilineal1.html (1323 words)

	Condemning the Vote
		But even though the leaders of Judaism's more traditional movements say the Reform rabbis' decision is less divisive than the 1984 move on patrilineal descent, Orthodox leaders are harshly condemning the vote.
		Not surprisingly, leaders in the Reconstructionist movement -- which recognizes patrilineal descent and in 1993 supported same-sex commitment ceremonies -- backed the Reform decision.
		Meyers does not expect Reform's move to strain Conservative-Reform relations, and he predicted it would have less of an impact than the patrilineal descent issue, which he said "goes to the heart of defining who's Jewish and who's not and that's a more serious question."
	www.jewishjournal.com /old/gayvote.4.7.0.htm (1337 words)

	Qoum.com
		The most straight forward division is based on patrilineal descent.
		Unlike Shanku, however, the people of Bishegram Proper also belong to groupings called qoums which divide the population differently and are based on a different organizational principle.
		Dums and khels are lineages, and as such membership depends on tracing patrilineal descent from a common ancestor.
	qoum.com (686 words)

	genetics \| MetaFilter
		First the article is tracing the Y chromosome so the evidence is patrilineal but if fshgrl is the daughter of someone in the patrilineal descent then she is acdescendent of of Niall.
		If fshgrl is female then she is not a patrilineal descendant of Niall.
		I will concede on the patrilineal fussiness - my point was that fshgrl was one step removed from the patrilineal line and in that sense an immediate descendent from the patrilineal line rather than some statistically possible distant relation in the sense that I might be with french name.
	www.metafilter.com /mefi/48409 (1417 words)

	Sex and Marriage: Glossary of Terms
		This is strongly associated with matrilineal descent and occurs when men obtain statuses, jobs, or prerogatives from their nearest elder matrilineal male relative.
		This rule is most common in societies that have patrilineal descent and polygyny.
		With matrilineal or patrilineal descent, parallel cousins are members of the same lineage.
	anthro.palomar.edu /marriage/glossary.htm (2204 words)

	BILINEAL DESCENT
		Bilineal descent is system of family descent where blood links and rights of inheritance through both male and female ancestors are of equal importance.
		Unilineal Descent or ‘one-line’ descent is that form of descent in which a relationship is emphasised through one sex or line.
		Descent is traced separately through female and through male lines for different purposes, e.g., inheritance of immovable property through one line and inheritance of movable property through the other.
	sociologyindex.com /bilineal_descent.htm (426 words)

	Generations Forever
		Biblical scholars have not recognized interpretations of the patriarchal narratives this descent conflict in their because they bring to the stories a presupposition of established certainty of patrilineal descent not to be found in the text, except in P J, E, and P naturally differ in their.account of Abraham's descent problems.
		From the point of view of the continuing conflict of descent, Rachel's theft, which only became necessary when she was going to Jacob's father's home, was to legitimate her claim to Joseph as a "mother's son," as her descendant in her family's line of descent through mothers.
		E recognizes the ambiguity of patriarchal descent as a menace to be remedied sacrificially.
	www.dhushara.com /book/orsin/gener.htm (7307 words)

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		If the Board resolves to adopt patrilineal descent also, we recommend that specific policies and practices be developed based on in-depth research, and that their implications be thoroughly explored.
		Patrilineally descended people should be able to make their own decisions on how to resolve their Jewish identity, rather than have it decided by others.
		Accepting patrilineal descent would avoid the hurt and rejection that some intermarried couples feel because their children are not accepted as Jews.
	www.orshalom.ca /patlin.vaad.html (2019 words)

	Angola Social Structure in Rural Communities - Flags, Maps, Economy, History, Climate, Natural Resources, Current ...
		Typically, neighboring villages were tied together either because their core groups were made up of members of related descent groups (or different segments of a larger descent group) or, in some cases, by fairly frequent intermarriage among members of a limited set of villages.
		Patrilineal descent groups, whose members are descended from a male ancestor through males, apparently have occurred in only a few groups in Angola and have been reported only in conjunction with matrilineal groups, a comparatively rare phenomenon referred to as a double descent system.
		Broadly speaking, matrilineal descent groups alone have been reported for the Bakongo (but are well described only for some of the Zairian Bakongo), the Mbundu, the Chokwe, and the Ovambo, but their occurrence is probable elsewhere.
	www.photius.com /countries/angola/society/angola_society_social_structure_in_~84.html (872 words)

	Chapt 21 pp 596-616
		A Descent Group is a kind of kinship group whereby a your relationship to a real or mythical ancestor is the basis for membership. Descent may be reckoned through the mother, father, or both.
		They are ancestor focused and become organized by tracing descent from either father or mother, but not both, and back through a similarly restricted string of forbearers.
		Descent groups function to organize working units, provide security, and services. Beyond the immediate family, or the extended family, the descent group is an every growing circle of individuals that you are related to. I just want to briefly mention the hierarchy of these family relationships.
	www.unm.edu /~oberling/sexmar3.htm (755 words)

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		All children are members of the descent group of which their father is a member.
		All children are members of the descent group of which their mother is a member.
		Descent may be traced through either parent or both.
	darkwing.uoregon.edu /~sugiyama/lecture10.html (606 words)

	Chinese Family - China Style
		During the wedding ritual, daughters officially sever their ties to their father's patriline, and are pledged to serve their new family, including its ancestors.
		Women, therefore, are only assured a place in a patriline -- that of their husband, not their father -- when they give birth to a son.
		Organization of kinsmen on the basis of a common patrilineal descent ("lineage").
	library.thinkquest.org /05aug/01780/essential/chinese-family.htm (865 words)

	Jordan: Traditional Chinese Family and Lineage (Site not responding. Last check: )
		A distinction should be made between a descent line, a lineage, and a clan (which, in the case of China, is more conveniently called a surname group).
		A distinctive feature of traditional Chinese patrilineal descent is that a woman, at marriage, is assumed to be removed from her own descent line (except for the acknowledgement of her immediate parents and grandparents) and assimilated into her husband's descent line.
		One characteristic of a descent line is that there is only one person per generation when I count up (since a person has only one father), but there may be many people per generation looking down (since a person may have many sons).
	weber.ucsd.edu /~dkjordan/chin/hbfamilism-u.html (6614 words)

	Notes 22: Family basics (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The basic rules of patrilineal descent and surname exogamy, the practice of venerating and sacrificing to ancestors ("ancestor worship" is a misleading term), and the moral value of filial piety were all well-established by the end of the Zhou period.
		During the wedding ritual, daughters officially sever their ties to their father's patriline, and are pledged to serve their new family, including its ancestors.
		A lineage is a descent group that holds property (usually land) in common.
	inic.utexas.edu /asnic/boretz/Chinasite2/Content/Notes%2022b%20family.htm (1257 words)

	mother-s-brother
		The article revisits the old controversy concerning the relation of the mother's brother and sister's son in patrilineal societies in the light both of anthropological criticisms of the very notion of kinship and of evolutionary and epidemiological approaches to culture.
		One is wholly dominating, in this case patrilineal descent and inheritance, while the other, the rights of the sister's son, takes the form or an authorized transgression with ritual aspects, the very transgressive character of which contributes to the stabilization of the dominant patrilineal norm.
		Thus the combination of the dominant patrilineal norm internalized by all members of the society, and the psychological factors favoring all close kin render people receptive and welcoming to a norm of ritualized expression of sister's son rights.
	www.dan.sperber.com /mother-s-brother.htm (9619 words)

	Angola - Social Structure in Rural Communities
		Typically, neighboring villages were tied together either because their core groups were made up of members of related descent groups (or different segments of a larger descent group) or, in some cases, by fairly frequent intermarriage among members of a limited set of villages.
		Patrilineal descent groups, whose members are descended from a male ancestor through males, apparently have occurred in only a few groups in Angola and have been reported only in conjunction with matrilineal groups, a comparatively rare phenomenon referred to as a double descent system.
		Broadly speaking, matrilineal descent groups alone have been reported for the Bakongo (but are well described only for some of the Zairian Bakongo), the Mbundu, the Chokwe, and the Ovambo, but their occurrence is probable elsewhere.
	countrystudies.us /angola/68.htm (819 words)

	descent. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
		Matrilineal and patrilineal descent refer to the mother’s or father’s sib (or other group), respectively.
		Descent groups are of basic significance in the social structure of most nonindustrial societies.
		They constitute a series of social groups that dominate the domestic organization and the process of socialization, the use and transfer of property, the settlement of disputes, religious activities such as ancestor worship, and certain political relationships.
	www.bartleby.com /65/de/descent.html (187 words)

	Kinship and Marriage Outline
		Descent structures form corporate groups, e.g., "clans" and "lineages," which transcend and have existence beyond the individuals composing them.
		A patrilineal systems defines membership along the father's descent line, i.e, male and female offspring of each proceeding generation of fathers (you belong to your father's clan).
		Descent groups are highly successful, clearly defining one's place in the social world and integrating individuals into a vast network of mutually supportive ties.
	www.webpages.uidaho.edu /~rfrey/220kin.html (2593 words)

	Reform Movement's Resolution on Patrilineal Descent (Site not responding. Last check: )
		In intertribal marriage in ancient Israel, paternal descent was decisive.
		This leads us to the conclusion that the same requirements must be applied to establish the status of a child of a mixed marriage, regardless of whether the mother or the father is Jewish.
		The Central Conference of American Rabbis declares that the child of one Jewish parent is under the presumption of Jewish descent.
	www.us-israel.org /jsource/Judaism/patrilineal1.html (1323 words)

	Afghanistan Country Study
		Although great variation exists between ethnic groups and groups practicing different modes of subsistence, families of virtually all Afghan groups are characterized by their patrilineal organization, low incidence of polygyny, even lower incidence of divorce, and relatively high birth rate.
		In patrilineal kinship descent is traced through males, and almost all property is inherited through men.
		People in patrilineal societies recognize that they are related to the mother and her relatives, but ties with these kin are somewhat different.
	www.gl.iit.edu /govdocs/afghanistan/Family.html (2302 words)

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		The unstable character of their marital institutions cannot therefore be attributed to changes in the system of descent such as those which Barnes (1951) suggests account for the instability of marriage amongst the present-day Ngoni of Northern Rhodesia.
		Thus her e, as in the Somali case, marriage implies some measure of corporate union where the wife is married to her husband's group as a whole; and yet marriage is unstable.
		It is merely tautological to state that in those patrilineal societies where genetricial rights are permanently held by a husband marriage is stable, whereas in other cases where they are not held permanently marriage is unstable.
	lucy.ukc.ac.uk /EthnoAtlas/Hmar/Mar_dir/XMarriage.3982 (731 words)

	glossary for ant 314
		If one can compare the core vocabulary of two related languages and count the number of cognates (words that are similar to each other in different languages), one can then plug this value into a mathematical formula and estimate how many millenia or centuries have elapsed since two languages diverged.
		Reckoning descent on only one side does not mean that one has disowned relatives on the other side.
		Descent establishes responsibilities and expectations such as inheritance, childrearing, disciplining, ceremonial participation, etc.
	mthwww.uwc.edu /WWWMAHES/courses/anthro/gloss314.htm (1284 words)

	The Problem of the Patrilineal or
		Even in Midrash Halachah (Tanaic Period), we find that this text is based on the principle of patrilineal descent and therefore, the son of the Israelite woman and a Gentile man, was born a Gentile.
		This stems from the position of Samaritan halakha, in contrast to the Rabbinic Halakha, that lineage (yihus) is determined by the patrilineal descent.
		The woman may be the offspring of a Jewish mother and a gentile, since Rabbinical halakha applies the principle of matrilineal descent and is thus considered Jewish, but according to Samaritan halakha’s patrilineal approach, she is considered a gentile.
	members.tripod.com /~osher_2/html_articles/marrigeprob.htm (4646 words)

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