| The matrilineage is collectively responsible for its members in jural matters. |
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| While matrilineage membership was considered basically unalterable in some communities, actual practices probably allowed some flexibility. |
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| As noted earlier, unlike the men's lodge, the Sisters of Colombo based their membership on Italian patrilineage or matrilineage. |
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| Every Akan belonged to an asafo group on their father's side, just as every person belonged to an abusua or matrilineage, on their mother's side. |
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| The basis of Asante social organization is the matrilineage, a localized segment of a clan whose members claim descent from a common female ancestor. |
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| In 2003, Rabb took DNA tests for both his matrilineage and patrilineage lines through AfricanAncestry. |
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| For instance, she made everyone at the women's seder introduce herself by her matrilineage. |
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| Thus The Jacobs Family Papers forms a matrilineage ensuing from John Horniblow's inheritance of Molly Horniblow in 1810 to Molly's great-granddaughter's death a century later. |
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