patrilineal

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  1. adjective Relating to, based on, or tracing ancestral descent through the paternal line.

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  • But it doesn't help Zardari that his government recently arrested critic Mumtaz Bhutto, Benazir's uncle and eldest surving patrilineal relative. —  Bloggers.Pakistan
  • The sample frame took into account variables such as urban and rural populations, educational levels, income levels, ethnic groupings, social structures such as matrilineal or patrilineal communities, and other factors that may have some bearing on GBV and CA. —  AWID RSS Feed
  • The Fire Within, brown skin, adherence to patrilineal descent, and lack of dramatic historical pedigree all worked against them. —  Tablet Magazine
  • In human genetics, Y-chromosomal Adam (Y-MRCA) is the patrilineal human most recent common ancestor (MRCA) from whom all Y chromosomes in living men are descended. —  Dilettante
  • Slide 25: Why have patrilineal or matrilineal inheritance? —  Recently Uploaded Slideshows
 

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  1. Latin pater (pair-), father, + linealis, from linea, a line.
 

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/pætrɪˈlɪnəəl/
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