ancestry
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Speaking for the documentary, Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy was critical of the idea that nationality has to be related to ancestry.
From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026
That, she said, has provoked a "backlash" which has led to ethno-nationalism – the idea that a national identity can only be derived through ancestry.
From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026
Perhaps this kind of model might also apply to other parts of Europe where we lack evidence for how the increased hunter-gatherer ancestry in the later Neolithic came about.
From Science Daily • May 30, 2026
But by 1,000–2,000 years later, they had absorbed significant local ancestry.
From Science Daily • May 30, 2026
Later, John Palmer, the half-Sioux lawyer, sent a letter to Charles Curtis, a U.S. senator from Kansas; part-Kaw, part-Osage, Curtis was then the highest official with acknowledged Indian ancestry ever elected to office.
From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann
Vocabulary lists containing ancestry
It's All in the Family
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Central America and the Caribbean - Introductory
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