Matrilineal elements within a mainly patrilineal system. Ga descent is organised in patrilineal we, but Britannica states that succession to most offices held by women, and inheritance of women's property, follow matrilineal descent. Field (1940) records that a dispute over succession in the female line split Abola and led to the founding of the Gbese quarter.
Ga women's property has often passed through the matrilineage.