Definition of Ancestral
referring to the familyβs predecessors
Examples of Ancestral in a sentence
Since my ancestral chart only showed my relatives who were blood related to me, I had to consult the family tree to determine the name of my great-auntβs second husband.
In order to find out about the history of her family, the young woman departed on an ancestral quest to Spain to locate her distant Spanish relatives.
Going as far back as the early 1800s, almost every Irish member in my bloodline has the ancestral trait of red hair.
In China, many members in the lineage would worship at their own ancestral shrine that had been a part of the family for hundreds of years.
An ancestral necklace had been passed down from generation to generation within the Peterson family starting with Maryβs great-great-great-grandmother.
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