What is descent rule?

Cultural recognition of children as kin of one or both parents is basis for the descent concept. Some societies trace through both parents (e.g., Canada and the United States). Other societies trace descent through only one of the parent’s family line.

Which lineage follows the father’s side?

There are three types of unilateral descent: patrilineal, which follows the father’s line only; matrilineal, which follows the mother’s side only; and ambilineal, which follows either the father’s only or the mother’s side only, depending on the situation.

Why is bloodline important?

Bloodlines, the children born to a particular faith, remains the most reliable way to get a new generation through the door. Some marriages even specify a faith that any children are to be raised in or the spouse must convert to before marriage, especially if the couple are from different faiths.

What does strong bloodline mean?

Strong Bloodline: Gives 20% more Spellcasting XP and +1 talent point on each rank up in Spellcaster. You are also 20% less likely to suffer an overload.

How does the bloodline work?

Females with bloodline can pass on their bloodline only through matrilineal marriage whereas male characters can pass it either way. So if you have a male and and a female character with distinct bloodlines, a matrilineal marriage between them will ensure that their offspring will inherit both the bloodlines.

What is a pure bloodline?

Pure blood means blood not tainted by blood of different ethnicity by marriage and subsequent birth. It means producing babies only with people that are born in the same country, with the same ethnicity, the same culture, the same language, the same traditions etc.

Is the royal bloodline pure?

Royals wanted their bloodlines to be pure. They believed that if they married royalty with royalty, they would have an elite genetic condition far differing from commoners. Charles Darwin discovered that genetics is strongest when there are many variations. Marrying those with similar DNA produces malformations.

What does dog bloodline mean?

It is the development of a family of dogs that breed true for breed characteristics that you deem as essential and desirable, and that have been selectively bred into your family of dogs. Becoming a breeder and developing a ‘bloodline’ demands that you establish a breeding plan.

Does the bloodline come from the father?

There are two (and only two) sources of DNA, however, that do not mix the mother’s and the father’s DNA. Each son receives DNA for his Y chromosome from his father. This DNA is not mixed with that of the mother, and it is identical to that of the father, unless a mutation occurs.