Multiple Choice
In a society, children inherit their family name, wealth, and property exclusively from the mother’s side of the family. This society most likely follows:
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13. Relationships, Marriage, and Family
Lines of Descent and Residency
Multiple Choice
Alex belongs to a culture in which kinship is traced through both the mother and father’s sides. Inheritance can come from either (or both) sides of the family. This culture most likely follows:
A
Patrilineal descent.
B
Matrilineal descent.
C
Bilineal descent.
D
Neolocal descent.
Verified step by step guidance1
Step 1: Understand the concept of kinship descent systems in sociology. These systems determine how individuals trace their ancestry and inheritance through family lines.
Step 2: Define Patrilineal descent: a system where kinship and inheritance are traced exclusively through the father's lineage.
Step 3: Define Matrilineal descent: a system where kinship and inheritance are traced exclusively through the mother's lineage.
Step 4: Define Bilineal descent (also called bilateral descent): a system where kinship and inheritance are traced through both the mother's and father's sides of the family.
Step 5: Analyze the problem statement: since Alex's culture traces kinship and inheritance through both parents' sides, the culture most likely follows Bilineal descent.
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