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Kinship traced through the mother’s family is called a. matrilocality. c. matriarchy. b. bilateral descent. d. matrilineal descent.

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D. Matrilineal descent
This means that one's kinship is only tracked through the mother.
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The correct answer is D.

Matrilineality is a system in which the descent is made through the mother and the maternal ancestors.

The matrilineal descent is a line of descent from a female ancestor to a descendant in which individuals of all intermediate generations are mothers. In a system of matrilineal descent, it is contemplated that an individual corresponds to the same group of descendants as his/her mother.



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