Figure 33: Ambilineal Descent Groups

The above diagram illustrates the formation of ambilineal groups, also called ramages.

• Ego has chosen to join his father's ramage which brings him into a descent line which includes a set of descendants, shaded in blue, of his father's mother's mother, determined according to a series of personal choices.
• Ego's brother has decided to join his mother's group, whose members are shaded in red.
• Ego's children and brother's children have not yet made a ramage selection. (Can you recommend some good choices?)