bilateral descent

uncountable usually

Descent traced from all biological descendants, regardless of sex and side of the family. / Descent traced from an ancestor, regardless of sex and side of the family of the intervening generations.

Japanese Meaning

性別や家系のどちらの側からも遡ることができる血統、すなわち両親や祖父母など、家族のどの経路からも受け継がれる血統の概念を示す。 / 介在する世代における性別や家族側の区別に関係なく、一人の祖先から全ての生物学的子孫へと辿られる血統を意味する。

What is this buttons?

Anthropologists noted that the community practiced bilateral descent, recognizing kinship through both maternal and paternal lines equally.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

人類学者たちは、その共同体が家系の両側から遡って系譜をたどる慣習を持ち、性別にかかわらずすべての血縁者を等しく親族として認めていると指摘した。

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Sense（1）

Descent traced from all biological descendants, regardless of sex and side of the family.

Sense（2）

Descent traced from an ancestor, regardless of sex and side of the family of the intervening generations.

Only by bilateral descent is a boy related to his mother's grandfather.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

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bilateral descents

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