Cognatic kinship

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
• Hapū – Sub-tribe in Māoridom