ancestry

Example Sentences

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DNA analysis of two canid bones confirmed the animals were wolves rather than early dogs, with no signs of dog ancestry.

From Science Daily

The boxer's family is well known in the town and traces its ancestry there across several generations.

From BBC

In so doing, we may one day generate forests of trees whose ancestry does not intermingle with that of the species generated by the historic evolutionary process.

From The Wall Street Journal

Mosaku: I felt a deep connection to my ancestry, to my purpose, to how what I do today will reverberate in the future.

From Los Angeles Times

Multiple attempts to establish her geographical origins and ancestry were made afterwards.

From BBC