Members of a moiety:

a. belong to one of two major descent groups in a society.
b. are those who are divorced (they lack their “better half”).
c. are usually able to trace their exact genealogical links to their common ancestor.
d. feel a much stronger feeling of kinship than is felt by members of a lineage or clan.
e. belong to a group that is smaller than a lineage.


ANSWER: a

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