Both matrilineal and patrilineal patterns of descent build kinship groups through either one genealogical line (the mother's side) or the other (the father's side), which reflects which type of descent?

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Matrilineal and patrilineal patterns of descent are both examples of unilineal descent, which means descent is traced through only one parent (either the mother or the father). Ambilineal, cognatic, and bilateral patterns of descent trace descent through both the mother and father's side.

Both Matrilineal and Patrilineal Patterns of Descent Build Kinship Groups