hereditary

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Like many chronic afflictions, Mets fandom can be hereditary or acquired.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

They will retain these roles when they lose the right to sit in the Lords along with dozens of other hereditary peers, under the Labour government's reforms of the upper house.

From BBC • Mar. 27, 2026

The 92 remaining hereditary seats will be scrapped when the current session of Parliament ends, which is expected to be in May.

From BBC • Mar. 13, 2026

Though he had - as he put it - "defended the indefensible" by arguing against the removal of hereditary peers, the earl has accepted his fate and was not "unduly distressed by it".

From BBC • Mar. 13, 2026

Was there a hereditary reason for that, he wondered, or for skin color?

From "Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith" by Deborah Heiligman