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matrilineage

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mat⋅ri⋅lin⋅e⋅age

  [ma-truh-lin-ee-ij, mey-]
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–noun
lineal descent traced through the female line.
Origin:
1945–50; matri- + lineage 1
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mat·ri·lin·e·age   (māt'rə-lĭn'ē-ĭj)   
n.  Line of descent as traced through women on the maternal side of a family.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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