Why Is an Ambilineal Society Not Divided into Separate Kin

question 38

Multiple Choice

Why is an ambilineal society not divided into separate kin groups, as in unilineal systems?

• A) A person belongs to more than one group and cannot live in several places at once.
• B) They are organized by religious group membership, rather than kin groups.
• C) The number of relatives in an ambilineal society is too small to create large kin groups.
• D) Intermarriage between groups makes it hard to keep track of kin groups in ambilineal systems.

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