ancestral
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The findings build on earlier ancient DNA studies published in 2021 that first proposed the idea that modern Japanese people descend from three major ancestral sources instead of two.
From Science Daily • May 14, 2026
Daniel Felix, 10, looks out from atop a gargantuan stump of an old-growth redwood on his tribe’s ancestral land.
From Los Angeles Times • May 10, 2026
Hepburn’s youth was destroyed by the World War II Nazi invasion of Holland, her ancestral homeland.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026
A new law, which came into force in December, aims to correct that historical inequity, by allowing not just the children of Canadians to claim citizenship, but anyone who can prove an ancestral tie.
From BBC • May 1, 2026
“But, technically speaking, Suquamish villages were built on both sides of the Sound. So their reservation is across from us, but this whole region counts as our ancestral territory.”
From "I Can Make This Promise" by Christine Day
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