Patrilineality (a.k.a. agnatic kinship)'s a system in which one belongs to one's father's lineage; it generally involves the inheritance of property, names or titles through the male line as well. A patriline's a line of descent from a male ancestor to a descendant (of either sex) in which the individuals in all intervening generations are male. In a patrilineal descent system (= agnatic descent), an individual's considered to belong to the same descent group as his or her father. This's in cont… (More on Patrilineal)