Anaang society is patriarchal. Individuals locate their place in the social world from the "Ilip", literally translated as "womb". Thus a brother/sister from the same "Ilip" means that they can trace their origin to the same mother or father. Those who can so trace their ancestry to the same parents form "Ufok" (literally a house or compound). Several "ufoks" make up "Ekpuks" or extended family and several "Ekpuks" (extended families) make up "Ilung" (meaning village) and several villages make up the ""abie"" or clan. This is in many ways similar to the system used by other south eastern Nigerian