ancestry
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Tilson Thomas said that the key to understanding him was understanding his extraordinary ancestry.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 23, 2026
It is least common in people of African ancestry, at around 7%.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026
US President Thomas Jefferson, revolutionist Francis Lewis and Griffith Jenkin Griffith, "one of the true pioneers of Los Angeles", are also given an honourable mention by Rhys thanks to their Welsh ancestry.
From BBC • Feb. 26, 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
The mannequins quickly went through Andrew Peckleman’s ancestry.
From "Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library" by Chris Grabenstein
Vocabulary lists containing ancestry
It's All in the Family
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Central America and the Caribbean - Introductory
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Central America and the Caribbean - Middle School and High School
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