matrilineal in a sentence

Examples

1. At the same time, matrilineal descent remains the norm in Conservative halakha.
2. Hence, mitochondrial transmission is matrilineal and tells a female-centered plot line.
3. Lesbian relationships are also known in matrilineal societies in Ghana among the Akan people.
4. Traditionally, Hopi are organized into matrilineal clans.
5. They follow makkattayam ( matrilineal ) heritage system.
6. The Yaka people are a matrilineal society that includes patrilineal lineage as family name.
7. As a matrilineal society, property and land rights are inherited through the mother.
8. Lieberman's mother and Ullman's matrilineal great-grandmother were sisters.
9. It refers to the exogamous matrilineal clans and is found amongst most caste groups.
10. Some scholars have even posited a matrilineal succession.