4. To identify the actual “outsiders” who were allowed to marry into the kin group: exogamy (Jos. Ant. 18.130–41) 5. To make a political claim to leadership or office by identifying relevant ancestors (1 Kgs 13:2*) 6. To assert inheritance or other family rights; thus gender, order of birth, and mother are all key issues (2 Sam 3:2–5*; 5:13–16*) 7. To establish membership in the religious group for which heredity is important (1 Chr 9:1*; Ezra 2:59–63*; 10:18–44*) 8. To establish the