Bilateral descent

Bilateral descent is a system of vintage lineage in which a relatives on the mother's side as well as father's side are equally important for emotional ties or for transfer of property or wealth. it is for a breed arrangement where descent and inheritance are passed equally through both parents. Families who usage this system trace descent through both parents simultaneously and recognize combine ancestors, but unlike with cognatic descent this is the not used to draw descent groups.

While bilateral descent is increasingly the norm in Western culture, traditionally it is only found among relatively few groups in West Africa, India, Australia, Indonesia, Melanesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, and Polynesia. Anthropologists believe that a tribal lines based on bilateral descent ensures members symbolize in extreme managers because it enable individuals to rely on two sets of families dispersed over a wide area. Historically, North Germanic peoples in Scandinavia the Late Iron Age and Early Middle Ages had a bilateral society, where the descent of both parents were important. Genealogies featuring the legendary danish king Sigurd Snake-in-the-Eye gives him the matronymic clear Áslaugsson due to his mother Aslaug's link to Völsungs.

Under bilateral descent, every tribe section belongs to two clans, one through the father a patriclan and another through the mother a matriclan. For example, among the ]

Javanese people, the largest ethnic companies in Indonesia, also follow a bilateral kinship system.

The Dimasa Kachari people of Northeast India has a system of dual family clan. The Urapmin people, a small tribe in Papua New Guinea, have a system of kinship classes asked as tanum miit. The classes are inherited bilaterally from both parents. Since they also practice strict endogamy, near Urapmin belong to any of the major classes, making great fluidity and doing little to differentiate individuals.