ancestral

Genetic analysis suggests that the child's father likely belonged to the same ancestral population as his mother.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 2, 2026

In late September, a Kenyan court ordered a pause to construction after more than 100 Lamu residents sued alleging that the refinery threatened ancestral land where they had farmed and buried their families for generations.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2026

Hopwood DePree, who claims ancestral links to the Grade II-listed Hopwood Hall in Middleton, Rochdale, said he was "incredibly disappointed" after a judge at the High Court in Manchester ruled against him.

From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026

Scientists track distinct “runs” of salmon in the Sacramento River, each named for when the fish return from the Pacific and swim upriver to their ancestral streams to spawn.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026

“And if someone tries to cast a spell on me, the force of my ancestral spirits will cast it right back.”

From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer