Original: In matrilineal succession (also known as Marumakathayam), practiced in Kerala by the Nair nobility and royal families, a man's wealth and title is inherited by his sister's children, and his own children receive their inheritance from their own maternal uncles.
Revised: Some cultures pass honours down through the female line. A man's wealth and title is inherited by his sister's children, and his own children receive their inheritance from their own maternal uncles.
Edit intent: clarity