Legal Definition of Matrilineal Descent
Meaning of Matrilineal Descent
Unilineal descent that follows the female line. With this pattern, people are related if they can trace descent through females to the same female ancestor. Both males and females inherit membership in a matrilineal family line, but only females pass it on to their descendents (as shown in the diagram below). matrilineal descent diagram
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