matriliny

 [ma-truh-lin-ee, -lahy-nee, mey-]  

mat·ri·lin·y

   [ma-truh-lin-ee, -lahy-nee, mey-]
noun, plural mat·ri·lin·ies.
the tracing of descent through the mother's line of a family.
Origin:
1905–10; matrilin(eal) + -y3
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