paternal
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Over the course of the show, Dowden learned Louisa, her paternal great-grandmother, died in 1921, aged 39, from breast cancer - which she herself was diagnosed with in 2023.
From BBC • Jun. 1, 2026
The paternal instinct comes naturally for Hernández, who has taken the time off to enjoy his wife and his two children, including his son who was born in February.
From Los Angeles Times • May 14, 2026
In the process, they identified 15 living male descendants linked directly through the paternal line to Leonardo's father and his half-brother, Domenico Benedetto.
From Science Daily • May 4, 2026
The older girl hides her face, but her sister keeps watching as a paternal figure explains the physics.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 14, 2026
“How long will you be gone?” she’d asked when Tariq had told her that his parents were taking him south, to the city of Ghazni, to visit his paternal uncle.
From "A Thousand Splendid Suns" by Khaled Hosseini
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It's All in the Family
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