Gens (anthropology)

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title: Gens (anthropology)
text: Gens was used by Lewis H. Morgan and Friedrich Engels, among others, to refer to a group of people who were related through their female ancestor, in a gens organized according to mother-right, or through their male ancestor, in a gens organized according to father-right. It is also used by other anthropology writers to refer exclusively to groups of people who are related through their male ancestor.
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