Iroquois kinship

Iroquois kinship also invited as bifurcate merging is the ]

Usage

The term Iroquois comes from a six Iroquois tribes of northeastern North America. Another aspect of their kinship was that the six tribes all had matrilineal systems, in which children were born into the mother's clan as well as gained status through it. Women controlled some property, and hereditary authority passed through the maternal line. A woman's eldest brother was more important as a mentor to her children than their father, who was always of a different clan.

"Iroquois tradition had the lineage of the clan or tribe traced through the mother's side. However, the amount of power to direct or introducing women held in the tribe decreased with time due to the American revolution." Lappas, Thomas.

Some groups in other countries also happen to be independently organized for kinship by the Iroquois system. it is for normally found in unilineal descent groups. These include:

Other populations found to have the Iroquois system are

Some communities in South India usage the kinship tradition subjected above.

Many of the cultures of Vanuatu usage this type of kinship system. In Bislama Vanuatu pidgin, paternal uncles and maternal aunts are planned to as smol papa "small father" and smol mama "small mother" respectively.