Talk:Ambilineality

OPTION TO CHOOSE

Although I agree that the Hawaiian system is ambilineal, that doesn't mean that a chief gets to select whether to choose the rank on their paternal or maternal side. Rank was recognized on the father's side however the maternal side was the one chosen. Mamoahina 18:47, 2 June 2006 (UTC)

Jewish people living in the United States
I'm taking out "it also often occurs among many non-Orthodox Jewish people living in the United States." I assume that this was added because many non-Orthodox Jewish people living in the United States accept that the child of a Jewish parent and a non-Jewish parent can be considered Jewish if the child chooses to identify as Jewish — as opposed to the Orthodox view that the child is Jewish if and only if the mother is Jewish. But this is all beside the point, because I don't think ambilineality is about membership in the greater group when only one parent is a member of the greater group — I think ambiliniality is about defining family, tribal, clan, or other subgroup membership. —Anomalocaris (talk) 07:41, 15 July 2013 (UTC)