maternal ancestor

One of her maternal ancestors was the Webster who created the dictionary.

In other words, white men raped or seduced their maternal ancestors.

She said I inherited a unique insight and intelligence that was passed down from her maternal ancestors.

In a historical sense, it can also means all those who trace descent from a direct maternal ancestor.

Consequently, the finding of a recent maternal ancestor for all humans in Africa was very controversial.

The maternal ancestors belonged to the middle class.

It is also world famous as the home town of Bruce Springsteen's maternal ancestors.

Abusua is the name in Akan culture for a group of people that share a common maternal ancestor.

I have honored your request to travel to Sweden, the land of your maternal ancestors.

His maternal ancestors came to America on the Mayflower.

Maude's maternal ancestors had come to Massachusetts from England, in the first half of the 17th century.

All these women in turn shared a common maternal ancestor, the Mitochondrial Eve.

So in a sense, Lenard played both Spock's father and his maternal ancestor.

Matrilineality is a system in which descent is traced through the mother and maternal ancestors.

His white maternal ancestors once owned slaves.

Quietus' paternal and maternal ancestors were Romans of the highest political rank.

His maternal ancestors were of Irish descent.

His maternal ancestors emigrated from Germany and settled in Vieques.

Although of German descent, he is proud of his Argentine maternal ancestors.

Mitochondrial Eve - An organisation is trying to trace a common maternal ancestor for recent humanity.

His maternal ancestors were from Sweden and Bohemia.

Edie, when I lived in Guatemala, my grandmother used to tell me stories about my maternal ancestors.

As her father frequently observed, Darcy could have posed for the portrait of the maternal ancestor for whom she had been named.

For instance, MtDNA testing is only of direct maternal ancestors.

Her maternal ancestors come from the southern province of Cebu; her grandmother and other relatives are buried there.