male ancestor

collocation in English

meaningsofmaleandancestor

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male
adjective
uk
/meɪl/us
/meɪl/
belonging or relating to the sex that fertilizes eggs, and does not produce babies or ...
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ancestor
noun[C]
uk
/ˈæn.ses.tər/us
/ˈæn.ses.tɚ/
a person related to you who lived a long ...
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(Definition ofmaleandancestorfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Members of a "biradari" are supposedly descended from a commonmaleancestor.
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All surviving northern elephant seals share the samemaleancestor.
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It broadly refers to people who are descendants in an unbroken male line from a commonmaleancestor.
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These quams are further divided into "biradaris", which claim descent from an actual or putative commonmaleancestor.
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Your perfect match means you share a commonmaleancestorwith a person who shares your surname (or variant).
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Villages are often made up of a single patrilineage, being individuals with the same surname, often with a commonmaleancestor.
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The village community is patrilineal, because they believe that all men of their peoples have a commonmaleancestor.
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The clan (toc), which included a number of families related to each other through a commonmaleancestor(thuy to), formed the basis of society.
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Each corporate descent group traced its origin to a singlemaleancestorwho was venerated by all his male descendants.
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Those who needed consular registration, by contrast, were children whose fathers, and in some cases grandfathers or more remote male ancestors, were born overseas.
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Susan notices in the house that there are paintings up of male ancestors but none of the wives.
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