ancestry

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

It is least common in people of African ancestry, at around 7%.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026

Instead of processing it on CODIS, they used another part of the DNA to search for potential relatives of the unknown killer in ancestry databases.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 24, 2026

He played at the field hockey World Cup for his native South Africa, but holds an Italian passport now through his ancestry.

From Barron's • Feb. 9, 2026

Meanwhile Heathcliff is described in the novel, written in 1847, as "dark-skinned", although his ancestry is ambiguous.

From BBC • Feb. 5, 2026

But an analysis of DNA cannot tell anyone they are part of a specific nation, and simply having Native ancestry does not give them authority to speak as a Native person.

From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz