Assim, segundo a autora, o parentesco
matrilateral, mais que o parentesco em geral, seria o principio organizador dominante na formacao do padrao de arranjos residenciais.
To sum up, in the greater part of Ngadhaland (except in the Were region, that is), the outcome of persistent uxorilocality and
matrilateral affiliation over time is that it seems as if House affiliation is dictated by a principle of matrilineality.
Matrilateral biases in the investment of aunts and uncles: A consequence and measure of paternity uncertainty.
Brakeman-Wartell, '
Matrilateral biases in the investment of aunts and uncles: a consequence and measure of paternity uncertainty', Human Nature, vol.
Now we can see that Watut societies had perfectly good structures deriving from deep genealogy,
matrilateral and affinal kin connections.
These studies are in agreement that the black kinship system is bilateral but has a
matrilateral focus.
It was during this period, Greene argues, that Anlo developed the characteristic pattern of
matrilateral cross-cousin marriage which distinguished them from their neighbours but which also allowed the development of mutually exclusive clans of land-holders, a system which was later used and applied to `incomers'.