hereditary

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Like many chronic afflictions, Mets fandom can be hereditary or acquired.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

The two royal officeholders put their concerns to Labour's leader in the Lords, Baroness Smith, when the law that scrapped hereditary peers was in its early stages about a year ago.

From BBC • Mar. 27, 2026

Two hereditary peers who are set to be removed from the House of Lords will be allowed to keep their parliamentary passes and ceremonial positions.

From BBC • Mar. 27, 2026

But, for some, the end will be deferred after a compromise deal was struck that gives a select few a chance to board what one outgoing peer called the "hereditary lifeboat".

From BBC • Mar. 13, 2026

He had barricaded the most fragile of his convictions—that purely hereditary influences could explain such patterns of accomplishment—from any scientific challenge.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee