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patrilineal

[pa-truh-lin-ee-uhl, pey-] / ˌpæ trəˈlɪn i əl, ˌpeɪ- /


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Patrilineal descent may have been directly evolved without the intermediate stage of reckoning through females.

From Kinship Organisations and Group Marriage in Australia by Thomas, Northcote Whitridge




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