patrilineal

Example Sentences

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And she’s currently working on a collection of small sculptures honoring her patrilineal ties to Puebla, Mexico.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 17, 2026

This allowed the reconstruction of several extensive pedigrees, revealing that the communities practised a strict patrilineal system of descent.

From Science Daily • Apr. 24, 2024

Yet, such techniques can be shallow and are often patrilineal, meaning that the women of the past are more prone to be forgotten than their partners.

From BBC • Mar. 27, 2023

According to Rwanda’s patrilineal customs, this made him a Hutu, but he considered himself a moderate in the ongoing power struggle between the groups.

From New York Times • Mar. 2, 2021

A grandson could be born with his grandmother’s nose or her skin color, without that feature being visible in either parent—a phenomenon virtually impossible to explain in terms of Pythagoras’s scheme of purely patrilineal heredity.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee