The girl child of his mother's line whom he had come to love lay close.

Such sons by law then belonged to he who would stand for the mother's line.

He turned the page to trace his mother's line, rather than his father's.

Through his mother's line, he was almost an authentic Spanish nobleman.

Through his mother's line he is descended from numerous dukes.

I am the first of my mother's line to bear all the marks of humanity.

In traditional Jewish law, a Jew is defined through the mother's line.

Names and crests thus stayed in the mother's line.

Hereditary clan chief positions passed through the mother's line.

Yet it was through your mother's line that Aar came to your race many generations gone, for this much is known.

And since Jews count descent in the mother's line, my father's children are gentiles."

The kinship systems is matrilineal; descent and inheritance are passed through the mother's lines.

She has funds to draw upon, from her mother's line though they may not be her own, and she is very clever.

A matriline is essentially a mother's line, which traces the descent from a female ancestor to an individual.

Lucayan society was based on descent through the mother's line, which was typical of Taino culture as a whole.

"But only through my mother's line.

The clans are matrilineal, that is, clan ties are traced through the mother's line.

Other sources say that a half-Italian through his mother's line can also be acceptable if he has an Italian surname.

The claim to be descended from Chief Aduku Addaie came through his mother's line.

My mother's line was busy, so I started yammering at the kids until my temporomandibular joint clicked out and shut me down.

Her face was cool and impassive, with all the pale beauty of her L'Envers mother's line.

"My mother's line, too, has thinned down, untilthe remaining Loudermilks are only distantly related to me.

They were once ruled over by the native raka, whose inheritance came from the mother's line, and who allowed the oldest child to inherit, whatever gender.

Ambilineal (or Cognatic) rule affiliates an individual with kinsmen through the father's or mother's line.

As his mother's line died out without successors, he also was installed, later, with the noble title of Ata, from Kolovai.