![]() Also typical of several Tibeto-Burman genealogical systems (Lo 1945) is how the Adi establish a patronymic connection between two consecutive generations by using the last syllable of the father’s genealogical name to form the first syllable of his sons’ name. To reach her, one has to go back twenty-five generations or more, with some people even tracing their genealogies back eleven generations, as far back as Keyum, the primordial being (Roy 1960: 208 Srivastava 1990: 3). In fact, many people may not precisely recall their own genealogy, but they know who to consult if necessary and who is able to connect their own pedigree to larger descent groups, and ultimately to Pedong Nane, the female progenitor (albeit non-human) of all living creatures. ![]() Nor does it mean that this system is devoid of manipulations or inconsistencies, the latter often resulting from the former. It does not mean, however, that every Adi has an acute genealogical memory, or that ancestral memory is preserved in all sections with the same enthusiasm. ![]() Members of the various sections collectively preserve the memory of their ancestors and are able to trace back over genealogies, step by step, to a core of very remote (and largely mythological) ancestral figures from whom all Adi claim descent. Whatever the case, all Pa (.)ģThe Adi form a patrilineal segmentary society, that is a lineage system in which descent group membership is defined in terms of common agnatic ancestry.
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