Meaning of sublineage | Babel Free

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A subordinate part of a lineage

Examples

“At that time, before sublineation had become⟳ significant for the local group, banishment would have⟳ amounted to dismissing a troublesome individual and his wife and children, rather than an entire sublineage consisting of several families ...”

“Many Hakka on the Pingtung plain who bear⟳ the surname Ch’en and trace their origins to Chiaying chou in Kwangtung are genealogically divided into several hu, or sublineages. Most of Tatieh's Ch’en belong⟳ to a sublineage known as Nan-shan, or “South Mountain.” As in the case of Hsü, Nan-shan Ch’en living in various villages were united by the creation of two ancestral trusts with headquarters in Chutien township.”

“These sublineage groups typically consist⟳ of three or four generations of brothers and their sons.”

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