Question

In societies that practice matrilineal descent, a man belongs to the same descent group as his __________. brotherâs daughter

Answer 1

In societies that practice matrilineal descent, a man belongs to the same descent group as his sister’s son.

 

 

To add, in a matrilineal descent system, an individual is considered to belong to the same descent group as her or his mother. The tracing of descent via the female line is called matrilineality.