paternal
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A friend of mine once received paternal advice to retire his collection of personality socks until he had secured a job at a law firm.
From Salon ● Sep. 23, 2026
Hanna and her three siblings went to stay with their paternal grandmother as their mother, Aster Yohannes, was away studying in the US.
From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2026
To qualify for this type of comparison, descendants must have genealogical records showing a direct and uninterrupted maternal or paternal line.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 10, 2026
And then there was the photograph that sat on his grandmother’s desk and eventually came to sit on his own, a professional portrait of his paternal grandfather.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
My paternal grandfather was known as Jacob the blacksmith, and our neighbor was Lansman the tailor.
From "The Boy on the Wooden Box" by Leon Leyson
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