Cognatic kinship
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Cognatic kinship is a mode of descent calculated from an ancestor counted through any combination of male and female links, or a system of bilateral kinship where relations are traced through both a father and mother.[1] Such relatives may be known as cognates.
See also
- Matrilineality — Kinship through the female line
- Patrilineality — Kinship through the male line
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