patrilineal in a sentence

Examples

1. All of the kings are recorded to belong to the same patrilineal bloodline.
2. He was the patrilineal ancestor of writer Nathaniel Hawthorne.
3. The Mende are patrilineal, patrilocal, and polygamous.
4. An important tradition involves the recounting by Akha males of their patrilineal genealogy.
5. These all agree in exhibiting a patriarchal, patrilocal and patrilineal social fabric.
6. "Succession and inheritance rules are determined by the principle of patrilineal descent.
7. Apellido groups may be the remaining shells of nonlocalized patrilineal clans of antiquity.
8. Due to his patrilineal descent, Edward VII inaugurated a new royal house.
9. Both genetic studies concluded that Somerled's patrilineal ancestors originated in Scandinavia.
10. Persons of mixed Aeta and Austronesian ancestry were classified based on patrilineal descent.