Hyperdescent is the practice of determining the lineage of a child of mixed
race ancestry by assigning the child the race of his more socially dominant
parent. Hyperdescent is the opposite of
hypodescent (the practice of determining the
lineage of a child of mixed race ancestry by assigning the child the race of the more socially subordinate parent). Both hyperdescent and hypodescent vary from other methods of determining lineage such as
patrilineality and
matrilineality.
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