Many men were happy to take this route because women shared rights of inheritance with their male siblings.

Polyandry is practiced in some parts of Tibet, where a woman may marry a few male siblings from one family at the same time.

She inherits half as much as her male siblings.

His older brother Charles died a few years after being born and George had no other surviving male siblings.

Even within the household, girls education is often sacrificed to allow male siblings to attend school.

AAA is 4-6 times more common in male siblings of known patients, with a risk of 20-30%.

"Why does the word imply male siblings and not female as well?"

Kumari's father ensured that she received modern education along with her male siblings at home.

A typical arrangement is where a woman may marry male siblings.

The chicks grew and lived for about 6 years but with age, the female showed increasing aggression towards the male sibling.