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Her eldest son has privileges of inheritance [of the father's auxiliary herd].
The children's ages ranged from 13 to 77 years, with an average of 35 years for the youngest and 42 years for the eldest.
If the eldest son is poor and cannot follow these observances, his eldest son or second son will substitute for him.
He got along with his eldest daughter, but he felt that the other five children sided with his wife and neglected him.
Both pictures also place an emphasis on the eldest son and on the father's relationship with his heir.
The house was transmitted in the male line, though our data do not indicate any preferential treatment of the eldest or youngest sons.
Unfortunately, there is no way of knowing for sure that the eldest male is in fact the head of household.
The youngest brother recognizes none of these cities, the middle brother recognizes 25 of them, and the eldest brother recognizes all 50.
Where parents had more than one child they completed questionnaires for the eldest child only.
In particular, living with the eldest son is the most preferred choice and living with a daughter is the least preferred one.
The normal expectation was that the eldest son would live with the parents, while other sons and daughters had less responsibility.
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