maternal

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John-Calum Macleod, or “Cal,” has returned to the cramped, emotionally suffocating family home he left behind, now shared with his father and maternal grandmother.

From Los Angeles Times

Ratner was raised in Miami Beach by his mother and maternal grandparents, Jews who left Cuba after the revolution.

From The Wall Street Journal

Storyteller Sakae Manning was familiar with Altadena before she and her husband moved there 35 years ago — his family had history in west Altadena and his maternal grandmother had lived there for a while.

From Los Angeles Times

The organisation pointed to its global efforts to combat polio, HIV aids, maternal mortality, and its international treaty on tobacco control.

From BBC

Avoiding treatment for significant pain or fever can carry known risks for both the mother and the baby, especially when maternal fever goes untreated.

From Science Daily