The North American tradition of giving a child the father's last name __________
A) does not denote membership in a particular lineage
B) indicates membership in the father's clan
C) determines the patrilineal kin group of the child
D) does not suggest that the biological father is also the social father
A
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Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
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