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  2. Historical inheritance systems - Wikipedia

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    According to Goody, in Late Medieval England, patrilineal primogeniture predominated in feudal tenures and among the peasantry of large parts of the Midlands. Patrilineal ultimogeniture ("Borough English") prevailed elsewhere in the champion country. Partible inheritance (gavelkind) prevailed in Kent, East Anglia and the Celtic areas. [25]

  3. Patrilineality - Wikipedia

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    Y-chromosomal Adam (Y-MRCA) is the patrilineal most recent common ancestor from whom all Y-DNA in living men is descended. An identification of a very rare and previously unknown Y-chromosome variant in 2012 led researchers to estimate that Y-chromosomal Adam lived 338,000 years ago (237,000 to 581,000 years ago with 95% confidence ), judging ...

  4. Systems of social stratification - Wikipedia

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    Detailed anthropological and sociological studies have been made about customs of patrilineal inheritance, where only male children can inherit. Some cultures also employ matrilineal succession, where property can only pass along the female line, most commonly going to the sister's sons of the decedent; but also, in some societies, from the mother to her daughters.

  5. Ultimogeniture - Wikipedia

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    The grey square is the current holder of the property, the black squares are deceased, the numbers indicate his potential successors in order of succession as things stand. 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.

  6. Progenitor - Wikipedia

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    Matrilinear rules of descent are found in about 200 of the 1300 known indigenous peoples and ethnic groups worldwide, whilst around 600 have patrilineal rules of descent (from father to son). [ 2 ] In the mythological beliefs of the Romans the god of war, Mars , was viewed as the progenitor of the Romans; [ 3 ] which is why the Mars symbol ...

  7. Agnatic seniority - Wikipedia

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    Agnatic seniority is a patrilineal principle of inheritance where the order of succession to the throne prefers the monarch's younger brother over the monarch's own sons. A monarch's children (the next generation) succeed only after the males of the elder generation have all been exhausted.

  8. List of dialects of English - Wikipedia

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    Many of these countries, while retaining strong British English or American English influences, have developed their own unique dialects, which include Indian English and Philippine English. Chief among other native English dialects are Canadian English and Australian English, which rank third and fourth in the number of native speakers. [4]

  9. Matrilineality - Wikipedia

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    The Serer people of Senegal, the Gambia and Mauritania are patrilineal (simanGol in Serer language [33]) as well as matrilineal (tim [34]). There are several Serer matriclans and matriarchs . Some of these matriarchs include Fatim Beye (1335) and Ndoye Demba (1367) – matriarchs of the Joos matriclan which also became a dynasty in Waalo (Senegal).