As the Seminole had a matrilineal system, the children of a marriage belonged to the mother's clan.

Their population is built upon a matrilineal system where these strong hierarchical groups of individuals are connected by maternal descent.

This is the matrilineal system under which the youngest daughter inherits the entire family estate.

The matrilineal system of the Akan continues to be economically and politically important.

The tribe has a matrilineal system of kinship and inheritance.

The loss of her father resulted in a matrilineal familial system.

This favored arrangement occurred primarily because of conflict with the matrilineal system.

Each of these groups have a way of stratifying their matrilineal system.

Kialegee was based on a matrilineal system, with status through the mother's clan.

In the matrilineal system, women were free to divorce their husbands if they were not having a sound relationship.