not lineal
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In many cases, too, the denizens of the ancient houses were not lineal descendants of the original founders; they were interlopers, by purchase or otherwise.
From Hawthorne and His Circle by Hawthorne, Julian
Indirect, in-di-rekt′, adj. not direct or straight: not lineal or in direct succession: not related in the natural way, oblique: not straightforward or honest.—adv.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various