Question

Kinship can be traced through the parents. the most common form in modern societies is __________, which is a system of tracing descent through both the mother's and father's sides of the family.
a. bitricentric descent
b. bilateral descent
c. bitrilocal descent
d. bitriarchal descent

Answer 1

Answer:

d. bitriarchal descent

Explanation:

The mother and father have a kinship with their children in the first degree. Thus, from the parents' degree of kinship, it is possible to trace the child's ancestry. This is based on the parent family tree, ie it is an analysis of bipatriarchal descent.