Monday 25 February 2013

AGNATES and COGNATES

AGNATES:
Relations whose chain of relationship to the propositus can be traced uninterruptedly through males.
in other words:
Agnates is a relation, who is related to the deceased wholly through MALES.
For Example: son, Son's son, Son's son's son, son's daughter, father's mother.
there must be a male in the start of each line of relation. Hence, it will be held as Agnates.

COGNATES:
The relations in which , when a person is related with the deceased through one or more female link, the relation is said to be as COGNATES.
For Example: daughter's son, sister's son, sister's daughter.

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