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patrilineal

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patrilineal /pa·tri·lin·e·al/ (pat″rĭ-lin´e-il) descended through the male line.
pat·ri·lin·e·al (ptr-ln-l)
adj.
Relating to, based on, or tracing ancestral descent through the paternal line.

patrilineal
[pat′rilin′ē·əl]
Etymology: L, pater, father, linea, line
pertaining to a line of descent through the male members of the family.

patrilineal [pah-trĭ-lin´e-al]
descended through the male line.

patrilineal
descended through the male line.


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The research builds on a decade-old study of the Jewish priesthood that traced its patrilineal dynasty and seemed to substantiate the biblical story that Aaron, the first high priest (and brother of Moses), was one of a number of common male ancestors in the Cohanim lineage who lived some 3,200 years ago in the Near East.
In what Brown calls the "short route to Han," the southwestern Taiwanese plains aborigines of mixed parentage reclassified themselves as Han between the 1660s and 1730s on the basis of patrilineal ancestry, despite the fact that their cultural practices remained distinct from those of Han culture, because under the aborigine identity label they were stigmatized and exploited by the predominant Han.
Nonetheless, Mr Prospector's line has had disproportionate success in the first and most prestigious leg of the series, with seven of the last 12 winners his tail-male, or direct patrilineal, descendants.
 
 
 
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