clanfamilies
Clanfamilies are kin-based social units that blend features of a clan—an extended kin group sharing a common ancestry—with the broader network of households typically described as a family. They function as a named social collective with common identifying markers, such as a clan name or emblem, and frequently maintain shared rights to land, resources, or ceremonial duties. Membership is usually determined by descent, though the rules vary: patrilineal, matrilineal, or bilateral systems are found across cultures, and enlistment or oath-taking can play a role in some communities. Clanfamilies are often organized into lineages or branches, each tracing to an ancestor and possessing its own narratives, symbols, and sometimes prohibitions or obligations.
Leadership structures vary from centralized chiefs or elders councils to more diffuse forms of authority. Decision
In the modern world, clanfamilies may retain cultural significance and customary rights within nation-states, while adapting