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 Members of the Houses are considered Nobility within their culture and can be afforded numerous titles. The most widely-used titles are (in order of authority):
-* '''Matriarch''': The Head of a House. Some Noble Houses may not have a singular established Matriarch, depending on the organisation of families.
+* '''Mother Perennial''': The Head of a House, sometimes also referred to as ''Regent'' or ''Matriarch'', often shortened to simply ''Mother'' as an honorific before the woman's name. Some Noble Houses may not have a singular established head, depending on the organisation of families.
-** The more traditional term, ''Mother Perennial'', may still be used by some Betazoid Houses or families.
+** The term '''Perennial Ascendant''' (or Matriarch Ascendant) refers to the member of the House that is intended to inherit the responsibility of Head of the House.
-** The term ''Matriarch Ascendant'' may refer to any member of the House or family that is intended to inherit the responsibility of Matriarch.
+* '''Mother''' / '''Father''': The head of an individual family within a House.
-* '''Mother''' / '''Father''': Often the head of an individual family within a House (but may also serve as a Matriarch) - sometimes also known as ''regent''.
+* '''Daughter''' / '''Son''': Offspring of a Mother/Father, typically considered 'next in line' to inherit their parent's title.
-* '''Daughter''' / '''Son''': Offspring of a Mother/Father or Matriarch, typically considered 'next in line' to inherit their parent's title.
+** The term '''Daughter (or Son) Ascendant''' may refer to any member of the House or family that is intended to inherit the responsibility of a Daughter (or Son).
-** The term ''Daughter (or Son) Ascendant'' may refer to any member of the House or family that is intended to inherit the responsibility of a Daughter (or Son).
 * '''Speaker''' : A selected representative for a family within a House.
-Due to the matriarchal society of the Betazoids, daughters of nobility are always the first to be considered as heir to a family name, but if no female heirs have been produced, males are also accepted in this roles without question. When a Betazoid or a member of a family chooses to forsake their title and position in a House, their names are often struck from the family tree.
+Due to the matriarchal society of the Betazoids, daughters of nobility are always the first to be considered as heir to a family name, but if no female heirs have been produced, males are also accepted in this roles without question. Only female members of nobility can serve as Head of a House (and gain the title Mother Perennial/Regent/Matriarch), and if no female successors can be named from within the head family, then the next family in line with an eligible female member will become the new head.
+When a Betazoid or a member of a family chooses to forsake their title and position in a House, their names are often struck from the family tree.
 Those employed by noble families can also be inducted into their house of nobility, but generally are not afforded titles or positions of representation.