It is a matrilinear society, you are part of your mother's clan.    From Wordnik.com.  [An Interview with Tony Hillerman] Reference

The emphasis on Pictish matrilinear succession was a Victorian product.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Female Royal Line: matrilineal succession amongst the Picts?] Reference

Not sure if the family units were matrilinear or patrilinear or maybe that depended on where you were.    From Wordnik.com.  [Discovered: the basis of human civilization.] Reference

Or that the Picts had a matrilinear society because the King's list doesn't show a father-son connection.    From Wordnik.com.  [Boudica, Queen of the Iceni] Reference

Although this cannot be proved, it seems quite plausible because we know of matrilinear societies in the South of China at later times.    From Wordnik.com.  [A History of China] Reference

Our nearest relatives, the chimps tend towards matrilinear, while patrilinear seems more prevalent in a majority of the different aboriginity groups in more modern times.    From Wordnik.com.  [Discovered: the basis of human civilization.] Reference

However, the majority of molecular genetic studies focused on matrilinear inherited mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA), thus solely reflecting the history of female individuals.    From Wordnik.com.  [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference

The fetal programming concept suggests that physiology and metabolism, including growth and fat accumulation of the developing fetus, and, thus its birth weight, depend on intergenerational signal of environmental quality passed through generations of matrilinear ancestors.    From Wordnik.com.  [Medlogs - Recent stories] Reference

The concept of fetal programming suggests that physiology and metabolism including growth and fat accumulation of the developing fetus, and, thus its birth weight, depend on intergenerational signal of environmental quality passed through generations of matrilinear ancestors.    From Wordnik.com.  [Dienekes' Anthropology Blog] Reference

3 In a word, it is now a matter of almost universal agreement among sociologists that whatever advantages the matrilinear system may have secured for women, only in a few cases can the system be in any way correlated with power or emancipation.    From Wordnik.com.  [Militarism versus Feminism: An Enquiry and a Policy Demonstrating that Militarism involves the Subjection of Women] Reference