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Meaning of BILATERAL DESCENT
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Definition:
[n]
line
of
descent
traced
through
both
the
maternal
and
paternal
sides
of
the
family
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See Also:
descent
,
filiation
,
line of descent
,
lineage
Glossary
Definition:
a descent ideology in which individuals define themselves as being at the center of a group of kin composed more or less equally of kin from both paternal and maternal lines.
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