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The 7 pages that link to Descent group, each with the reason it gives.

• ExogamyRelated: Many exogamy rules require marriage beyond the descent group.

• ClanNarrower topic: Clans are one form of group organized around claimed common descent.

• Kinship terminologyRelated: Membership can determine which relatives receive distinct names and obligations.

• BridewealthRelated: Families may negotiate bridewealth as representatives of wider descent groups.

• House societyRelated: Descent can provide one basis for membership without fully defining the house.

• Lewis H. MorganRelated: Morgan examined clans as units of kinship and political organization.

• Sororate marriageRelated: A marriage can maintain connections between descent groups after a death.