The Tikar have elements of matrilineal and patrilineal descent. In Serer culture, inheritance is both matrilineal and patrilineal. These tests are limited to either the patrilineal or the matrilineal line. Orthodox Judaism bases Jewishness on matrilineal descent. Their society was organized along matrilineal clans. Traditionally, Hopi are organized into matrilineal clans. A lineage is defined as all those related by matrilineal descent from a particular ancestress. The waters became important to the traditions of the matrilineal clans of Native Americans. The practice of matrilineal descent differs by denomination. A "lineage" is defined as all those related by matrilineal descent from a particular ancestress. In Tajikistan matrilineal descendants are also honored. The matrilineal descendants are in the vast majority. Many of the Plains Aborigines were matrilineal/matrifocal societies. The Cham were matrilineal and inheritance passed through the mother. The Minangkabau are a prime example of a matrilineal culture with female inheritance.