cognatic kinship

{{short description|Mode of descent}}

{{Anthropology of kinship |concepts}}

Cognatic kinship is a mode of descent calculated from an ancestor counted through any combination of male and female links, or a system of bilateral kinship where relations are traced through both a father and mother.{{cite book |last=Wolters |first=O. W. |year=1999 |title=History, Culture, and Region in Southeast Asian Perspectives |publisher=SEAP Publications |page=17 |isbn=0-87727-725-7}} Such relatives may be known as cognates.