In societies with a double descent system, members are:
a. part of both a matrilineage and a patrilineage.
b. free to choose to which group they will belong.
c. able to choose whether to belong to the matrilineage on their father’s or on their mother’s side of the family.
d. able to choose whether to belong to the patrilineage on their father’s or on their mother’s side of the family.
e. trace their ancestry from a public and private source.
ANS: A
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