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Paternal meaning
Of or pertaining to one's father, his genes, his relatives, or his side of a family. | Of or pertaining to one's father, his genes, his relatives, or his side of a family. | Fatherly; behaving as or characteristic of a father.
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Example sentences (20)
The paternal aunt, paternal niece and paternal granddaughter, referred to as odalkvinna, all had the right to inherit property from a deceased man.
Voight's paternal grandfather and his paternal grandmother's parents were Slovak immigrants, citation while his maternal grandfather and his maternal grandmother's parents were German immigrants.
Charles’ paternal grandmother, Princess Alice of Greece, is buried at the Monastery of Mary Magdalene on the Mount of Olives.
Daniel Martin is Ricky’s other paternal sibling.
For instance, my grandfather had eight wives, that’s paternal and my maternal grandfather had about seven or eight wives too.
Govanhill is no longer Murphy's doorstep as he's moved just outside of Glasgow but he grew up the area: his paternal grandmother and his father lived there and so he spent time in the community from early childhood.
Headlines such as “Greek terrorists destroyed Ataturk’s paternal home” of the and the publication of a series of fake photos of the incident sparked “spontaneous” demonstrations in Taksim Square in the afternoon of the same day.
He was preceded in death by his maternal and paternal grandparents.
His Grace expressed the paternal love and blessings of the Archbishop, congratulated all of the youth for their many accomplishments and offered them encouragement to continue to stay strong in their Orthodox Faith and to keep Christ in their hearts.
His paternal grandfather was one of the world’s richest bankers whose first home was a two-roomed cottage in Lochee.
His paternal grandmother was Mary O'Hara, who died in 1934.
His paternal grandparents were both Jewish but his father was brought up without religion and his mother was a Baptist.
His paternal instincts came out again.
In addition to his parents and sister, Nick is also survived by his paternal grandparents, Sheldon and Elaine Feinstein, and his maternal grandfather, Dennis Harper.
It would actually work as the perfect way to end the Batverse series of movies, with Batman taking on a somewhat paternal role.
Jaji added, “With pressure from in-laws, infidelity can cause paternal dispute and it is very traumatic and killing.
Meanwhile, Tunisian Jews like my paternal grandfather were conscripted to detention camps and forced labor in a gulag, where conditions were barbaric.
Mohan, who reached his paternal home in SaharsaтАЩs Pachgachhia, said both Krishnaiah and his family suffered because of the lynching incident.
My paternal grandmother, Clare, was a frail lady; she was involved in a bad car accident in the 1950s, before I was born.
Paternal history has a 75 per cent higher risk.