| However, some questions were still unanswered, since the avunculate is not associated always with either matrilineal or patrilineal systems. |
| Because women marry into a patrilineal descent system, the children belong to the father. |
| Many of Indonesia's ethnic groups have strong kinship groupings based upon patrilineal, matrilineal, or bilateral descent. |
| A telling sign of heightened stress within the patrilineal family is the rise of litigation over property devolution. |
| Clan and lineage systems are patrilineal and form the basis of Kanak social units for private land ownership. |
| All of the indigenous groups are patrilineal and have ideologies of male dominance. |
