▁their ▁inher iting ▁el dest ▁son ▁were ▁resolved ▁through ▁rit uals ▁of ▁avoid ance . ▁This ▁was ▁most ▁extreme ▁among ▁the ▁T all ens i . ▁Among ▁East ▁Asian ▁pe op les , ▁on ▁the ▁other ▁hand , ▁co - res idence ▁between ▁parents ▁and ▁their ▁el dest ▁son ▁was ▁thought ▁of ▁as ▁normal ▁and ▁des irable ▁in ▁systems ▁of ▁im part ible ▁inheritance , ▁and ▁in ▁some ▁countries ▁such ▁as ▁Japan , ▁Vietnam ▁and ▁South ▁Korea ▁it ▁is ▁widely ▁pract iced ▁even ▁now ad ays . ▁Histor ically ▁in ▁Japan , ▁marriage ▁and ▁reprodu ction ▁by ▁the ▁el dest ▁son ▁was ▁facil itated ▁by ▁their ▁status ▁as ▁he irs . ▁ ▁In ▁Japan , ▁Korea ▁and ▁Vietnam , ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁in ▁some ▁of ▁those ▁European ▁regions ▁where ▁male ▁prim ogen iture ▁was ▁pract iced , ▁parents ▁didn ' t ▁transfer ▁their ▁property ▁to ▁the ▁inher iting ▁son ▁at ▁the ▁point ▁of ▁his ▁marriage ▁as ▁among ▁Germ ans . ▁Instead , ▁the ▁first ▁son ▁remained ▁under ▁his ▁father ' s ▁authority ▁even ▁after ▁he ▁had ▁married ▁and ▁had ▁had ▁children , ▁and ▁the ▁father ▁remained ▁the ▁nom inal ▁head ▁of ▁the ▁family ▁until ▁his ▁death , ▁rel in qu ishing ▁his ▁actual ▁authority ▁slowly ▁and ▁gradually . ▁In ▁Japan , ▁only ▁the ▁inher iting ▁son ▁stayed ▁in ▁the ▁parent al ▁household . ▁He ▁could ▁become ▁head ▁of ▁the ▁family ▁any ▁time ▁between ▁his ▁marriage ▁and ▁the ▁death ▁of ▁his ▁prede cess or . ▁The ▁timing ▁of ▁this ▁was ▁normally ▁dict ated ▁by