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- adjective Related through one's
maternal side
Etymologies
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matri- + lateral
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Usually the cultures where these kinship questions are a going concern - and also studied - are places where marriages are arranged i.e. matrilateral cross-cousin unions, so not just arranged, but very narrowly defined as to who can marry whom.
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