 Another aspect of family organisation which is very important indeed in Samoan custom, is that which deals with the male and female lines of descent of a family.A proper consideration of the interplay of rights and duties in two such lines of descent would open up the very wide field of the relationship known as the .The respectful and traditional relationships raised by the permeate the whole of Samoan society, and must always be taken into account at the time of the choice of a new and on other important occasions including marriages and deaths.