ancestral
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The tribe is now grappling with the sudden loss of jobs, along with the dimming of hope that the culturally sacred fish will be restored to their ancestral waters.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 4, 2026
Now in her 80s, Lami Ezekiel remembers construction crews arriving in her ancestral home in Maitama, as it was destroyed to build Nigeria's capital, Abuja.
From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026
“There are a lot of politics around the Persian origin,” said Al Hussein, who is Emirati of ancestral Persian origin.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026
His research took him to the family’s ancestral home in Odessa; to Belle-Epoque Paris; and to the Palais Ephrussi in Vienna, where the netsuke resided until Austria fell under Nazi rule.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026
To his relief, his parents gave up too and, together with the Adjoyis, decided to move to Tovime, their ancestral home.
From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo
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