How can I translate 中國傳統社會屬父系社會，以男性繼承世系血脈 into English?

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The sentence is 「中國傳統社會屬父系社會，以男性繼承世系血脈」. Should it be translated into the sentence "the traditional Chinese society is patrilineal and adopts a male lineage system"?

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中國傳統社會屬父系社會，
Chinese society, traditionally, was/is a patrimonial society,

以男性繼承世系血脈。
where the bloodline is passed down through the men.

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