▁part ible ▁inheritance . ▁The ▁pattern ▁of ▁land ▁inheritance ▁tradition ally ▁pre val ent ▁among ▁Russian ▁pe as ants ▁was ▁found ▁to ▁be ▁close ▁to ▁pat ril ine al ▁prim ogen iture , ▁" as ▁oldest ▁sons ▁may ▁well ▁inherit ▁more ". ▁The ▁conclus ions ▁of ▁this ▁review ▁contradict s ▁previous ▁reports ▁that ▁Rus si ans ▁pract iced ▁equal ▁inheritance ▁of ▁land ▁by ▁all ▁sons ▁and ▁that ▁the ▁English , ▁Dutch ▁and ▁New ▁England ers ▁had ▁no ▁definite ▁inheritance ▁pattern . ▁ ▁In ▁eastern most ▁Europe , ▁Pat ril ine al ▁ult im ogen iture ▁pre va iled ▁among ▁most ▁Turk ic ▁pe op les . ▁Equ al ▁inheritance ▁of ▁property ▁by ▁all ▁sons ▁pre va iled ▁among ▁most ▁Fin no - U gr ic ▁pe op les , ▁and ▁pat ril ine al ▁prim ogen iture ▁pre va iled ▁among ▁Est oni ans ▁and ▁Bal ts . ▁ ▁In herit ance ▁custom s ▁are ▁sometimes ▁considered ▁a ▁cult ur ally ▁distinct ive ▁aspect ▁of ▁a ▁society . ▁Although ▁it ▁is ▁often ▁thought ▁that ▁the ▁M iz os ▁employ ▁ult im ogen iture , ▁this ▁is ▁because ▁the ▁custom s ▁of ▁L ush ais ▁or ▁L us he is ▁are ▁confused ▁with ▁those ▁of ▁all ▁M iz os ; ▁M izo ▁and ▁L ush ai ▁have ▁been ▁occasionally ▁used ▁inter change ably . ▁Among ▁most ▁non - L ush ai ▁M iz os , ▁prim ogen iture ▁pre domin ates , ▁just ▁as ▁among ▁K uk is . ▁In ▁general ▁there ▁is ▁great