Just my hapence, only religious identity is matrilinial. Nationhood was patrilinial. If your parents came from different shvatim, you belonged to your father’s. Your identity as kohen, levi or yisroel is determined by your father, not mother
Just my hapence, only religious identity is matrilinial. Nationhood was patrilinial. If your parents came from different shvatim, you belonged to your father’s. Your identity as kohen, levi or yisroel is determined by your father, not mother