Answer :
D. Matrilineal descent
This means that one's kinship is only tracked through the mother.
This means that one's kinship is only tracked through the mother.
The correct answer is D.
Matrilineality is a system in which the descent is made through the mother and the maternal ancestors.
The matrilineal descent is a line of descent from a female ancestor to a descendant in which individuals of all intermediate generations are mothers. In a system of matrilineal descent, it is contemplated that an individual corresponds to the same group of descendants as his/her mother.