Sentence examples for reckoned through from inspiring English sources

Lineage, descent group reckoned through only one parent, either the father (patrilineage) or the mother (matrilineage).

Among Southeastern peoples, descent was almost universally matrilineal, or reckoned through the mother.

Descent is reckoned through the female line, although young married couples go to live with the husband's family.

Kinship is typically reckoned through the lineage, a group that shares a common ancestor; several lineages together form a clan.

The Minangkabau, a community of devout Muslim wet-rice farmers in west-central Sumatra, hold a unique position in Indonesia as a matrilineal society, whereby inheritance and descent are reckoned through the female line.

The idea that a man should have many wives was widespread, especially among chiefs and nobles, and descent was often reckoned through the maternal line, but there is no firm basis for popular accounts of female-dominated societies that were given by some early writers.

The president's initial bargaining posture reflects the leverage he gained, by both parties' reckoning, through his own re-election and the additional seats in Congress that his party won last week.

Kinship was usually reckoned bilaterally, through both the male and female lines.

Kin ties were reckoned bilaterally, through both the mother and the father, and were widely extended to distant relatives.

Menominee people reckoned kinship through clan membership, and individuals from the same clan were not allowed to marry.

The western Pueblos and the eastern Keresan-speaking groups reckoned kinship through the female line (matrilineally), while the remaining eastern Pueblos reckoned kinship patrilineally or bilaterally, through both parents.