| The gens is to be found in Greek and Roman history, where it is known as the agnatic kindred. |
| Inheritance is based partly on agnation, and agnatic kin are theoretically all potential heirs to each other's livestock and other wealth. |
| Descent has an agnatic bias, as shown in property inheritance. |
| The most elementary of these groups is the maegth, the association of agnatic and cognatic relations. |
| Men's social identity is almost entirely connected to the reputation of their agnatic Houses as well as the nature of their relations with agnates. |
| Moreover, they are seen as typical of most other Macedonian and south Slav societies whose agnatic kinship structures have been the focus of many anthropological studies. |
