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  2. Matrilineal succession - Wikipedia

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    One of the early dynasties of China had similar practices. Historians postulate that there, a father-in-law was typically succeeded by his son-in-law. However, this again is obviously not a female succeeding a female, but a form of succession by appointment: the monarch chose his successor, and formalized that appointment by marrying the chosen man with a royal daughter, which also worked as a ...

  3. Chinese kinship - Wikipedia

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    The saying of "three fathers and eight mothers" (三父八母) refers to: Cohabiting stepfather (同居的繼父) Non-cohabiting stepfather (不同居的繼父) Stepfather from remarriage of father and mother (從父母嫁之繼父) 嫡母 - father's official wife (when birth mother of ego is a concubine) 繼母 - stepmother; 養母 - adopted ...

  4. Dishu system - Wikipedia

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    Dishu (Chinese: 嫡庶) was an important legal and moral system involving marriage and inheritance in the Chinese cultural sphere. In pre-modern eras [when?], upper-class men in China, Japan, Korea, and Vietnam often had more than one spouse to ensure the birth of a male heir to their assets and titles. In China, a priority system was created ...

  5. Historical inheritance systems - Wikipedia

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    Bilateral primogeniture is a rarer custom of inheritance where the eldest son inherits from the father and the eldest daughter inherits from the mother. This practice was common among the Classic Mayas, who transmitted the family's household furnishings from mother to eldest daughter, and the family's land, houses and agricultural tools from ...

  6. Mother and daughter give birth on same day, at same hospital

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    It's a scene straight out of "Father of the Bride 2": A mother and daughter in Florida gave birth one the same day in the same hospital. Heather Penticoff and her daughter Destinee Martin couldn't ...

  7. Childbirth in China - Wikipedia

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    Childbirth in China is influenced by traditional Chinese medicine, state control of reproductive health and birthing, and the adoption of modern biomedical practices. There are an estimated 16 million births annually in mainland China. [1] As of 2022, Chinese state media reported the country's total fertility rate to be 1.09. [2]

  8. Millionaire parents are taking Gen Z kids to bespoke ... - AOL

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    Father-son and mother-daughter combos and everything in between (and even kids alone) go to special events curated by HSBC designed to prepare them for inheritance and succession plans. The ...

  9. Ultimogeniture - Wikipedia

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    Ultimogeniture, also known as postremogeniture or junior right, is the tradition of inheritance by the last-born of a privileged position in a parent's wealth or office. The tradition has been far rarer historically than primogeniture (sole inheritance by the first-born) or partible inheritance (division of the estate among the children).