Do women keep their clan or become their husbands clan?

[Gambar]

She keeps her clan but I think it's a bit more nuanced than some are making it seem as she does join her husband's family. I'm reminded about the geeljire tradition that if a Somali man marries a woman from a different clan, he gets access to grazing rights in her clan's traditional areas. There is also the concept of dumaal where the husband's brother can marry his brother's widow if his brother passes away. A lot of you wouldn't even be here if didn't exist.

I look at it as keeping your support network, clan, while widening it through your spouses clan.

 

[Inactive]

If she took her husband's lineage/clan, the mother would have to take her husband's and children's last name as well.

I've never seen a Somali woman do that; that would be frowned upon.

 

[Luna]

Of course we keep our clan. Whoever says otherwise is suffering from extreme stupidity. I don't know if there is a cure for it either. Poor things.

 

[Gibiin-Udug]

@Gambar i don't know about others but us MJ women if we marry non MJ man we make him take our clan.

In Mn there are a lot of non MJ men who are screaming Kudaayo Puntland, kudaayo,Puntland hanoolaato. They will go as far as deny their lineage and take after us.

 

[Yahya Liban-Lewis]

@Gambar i don't know about others but us MJ women if we marry non MJ man we make him take out clan.

In Mn there are a lot of non MJ men who are screaming Kudaayo Puntland, kudaayo,Puntland hanoolaato. They will go as far as deny their lineage and take after us.

MJ gabdho are too

I don't blame them

 

[Gambar]

@Gambar i don't know about others but us MJ women if we marry non MJ man we make him take our clan.

In Mn there are a lot of non MJ men who are screaming Kudaayo Puntland, kudaayo,Puntland hanoolaato. They will go as far as deny their lineage and take after us.

You will have them denying the existence of Somaliland.

 

[Rorschach]

Some of the delusion here..

No one is saying that they disown their heritage/lineage after they marry into another qabiil. The question is, what happens if your clan wars with her clan?

If there wasn't already a general understanding between Somalis that a woman stays loyal to her husband, no Somali man would ever marry from a rival/neighbouring tribe - he'd be bringing a potential enemy into his home. Furthermore, alliances were built using marital ties. It wouldn't be much of an incentive for peace/alliance if the tribe didn't believe they would be giving their daughter away.

This is applies globally - a woman joins her husband's team by default.

 

[I've spoken]

This post came from another thread where some said women have no qabiil until they get married to their husband after which they take on his clan. Does that mean women no longer assist their clan once they are married, but they assist their husbands clan?

Once married your loyalty should be with your husband and children's qabil 100%. you belong to your husband, and his qabil now.