To-names were particularly prevalent in fishing communities in the northeastern part of Scotland, but were also used in the Borders and the West Highlands. In some cases within fishing communities, the names of fishing boats were tacked onto the names people in order to differentiate them from others.
adjective. The definition of matrifocal is a group, tribe or household led by a woman. An example of matrifocal is the Mosuo society in China.
Partially-Matched Donors. A biologic parent is always half matched, or haplocompatible, which means four out of eight HLA match, with his or her child since each child inherits half of the HLA genes from each parent. There is a 50 percent chance that any sibling will be haplocompatible with any other sibling.