Patrilineal Descent


Patrilineal , or agnatic, descent is established by tracing descent exclusively through males from a founding male ancestor.

The individuals indicated in blue constitute the patrilineal descendants of a common ancestor. Both men and women are included in the patrilineage formed but only male links are utilized to include successive generations.

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Department of Anthropology
University of Manitoba