Patrilateral and matrilateral relationship

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Patrilateral kinship ( Latin pater and lateralis: " father's side ") refers to all relatives of a person on the side of their father - matrilateral ( mater: " mother's side ") are all relatives on the mother's side , for example the uncle and the aunt (brother and sister of the mother). On each side are the siblings of each parent with their descendants and all his ancestors and their descendants, both straight and page related ( linear and collateral relationship ).

Each person maintains their own network of selected relationships with relatives on the father's and mother's side, according to their own preferences and social expectations. This mixed family group ( ethno-sociologically known as Kindred ) comes together at births , marriages , funerals or other rituals of transition . The rules of ancestry and succession of the purely “patri-linear” father line ( lineage , ancient Roman agnation ) or the purely “matri-linear” maternal line in ethnic groups and indigenous peoples differ from this : With them, the relationships of the other parent are hardly or not at all considered.

The distinction between father-side and mother-side (in technical terms patrilaterality , matrilaterality ) also plays an important role in the investigation of cross and parallel relationships , especially with regard to the siblings of both parents. There are marriage rules that, for example, prefer a cross-cousin marriage , i.e. the marriage of a son to the daughter of the father sister ( aunt ) or the mother brother ( uncle ) - or consider them to be undesirable.

See also

Web links

  • Gabriele Rasuly-Paleczek: Differentiation in matri- and patrilateral. (PDF) (PDF file: 1 MB; 32 pages). (No longer available online.) In: Introduction to the forms of social organization (part 1/5). Institute for Cultural and Social Anthropology, University of Vienna, 2011, pp. 28–30 , archived from the original on October 21, 2013 (documents from her lecture in the 2011 summer semester).;

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Gabriele Rasuly-Paleczek: Definition of Patri- and Matrilateral. In: Introduction to the forms of social organization (part 1/5). (PDF) (PDF file: 1 MB, 32 pages). (No longer available online.) Institute for Cultural and Social Anthropology, University of Vienna, 2011, p. 29 , archived from the original on October 21, 2013 ; retrieved on March 13, 2020 (documents for your lecture in the summer semester 2011): “Patrilateral: refers to a relative on the father's side (HIRSCHBERG 1988: p.358) or more specifically:“ patrilateral ”,“ on the father's side . Refers to those kin who are related to Ego through Ego's father. «(SEYMOUR-SMITH 1986: p.218) […] Matrilateral: refers to a relative on the mother's side (HIRSCHBERG 1988: p.301) or more specifically “On the mother's side. Refers to those relatives who are linked to Ego through Ego's mother. "(SEYMOUR-SMITH 1986: p.185)" .
  2. ↑ Hans-Rudolf Wicker: Incest ban. In: The same: Guide to the Introductory Lecture in Social Anthropology, 1995–2012. (PDF: 387 kB, 47 pages) Institute for Social Anthropology, University of Bern, July 31, 2012, p. 10, accessed on March 13, 2020 (revised version); Quote: “For example: Inuit [...]: Patrilateral parallel cousins ​​[note: children of father brothers] are subject to an absolute prohibition of incest, with matrilateral parallel cousins ​​[note: children of mother sisters] the prohibition is ambivalent and with regard to cross cousins ​​it does not exist. Tamils: preferential marriage with matrilateral cross cousins ​​[note: children of mother brothers], parallel cousins ​​are taboo. Arab region: The marriage of children of two brothers is common [note: patrilateral parallel cousins]. "