Among the Zuwaya history was not a specialized occupation; the relations were for the most part those of patrilineal descent.

The Reform movement rejected that stricture in 1983, when their rabbis voted to recognize patrilineal descent.

Correspondingly, in societies like China with patrilineal descent, marriage to a father's brother's daughter would fail at alliance building.

However, at least some Conservative and pluralistic rabbis individually support patrilineal descent.

The Volynsky boyar family also claims patrilineal descent from Bobrok.

Orthodoxy thus rejects patrilineal descent as a means of establishing Jewish national identity.

Brahmins classify themselves on the basis of their patrilineal descent from a notable ancestor.

As with other Hindu communities, they are also classified based on their gotra, or patrilineal descent.

Although they practice a patrilineal descent, the women in the household still have the spiritual power as practiced by the Onarigami.

Conservatism thus rejects patrilineal descent, which is accepted by the Reform movement.