Kinship in Industrial Societies Is Usually Traced Through Both Parents

question 117

Multiple Choice

Kinship in industrial societies is usually traced through both parents (bilineally) .The most common form is______________a system of tracing descent through both the mother's and father's sides of the family.

• A)bitriarchal descent
• B)bilateral descent
• C)bitricentric descent
• D)bitrilocal descent

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Definitions:

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