How to Use ancestry in a Sentence

ancestry

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  • She claims to be able to trace her ancestry all the way back to the earliest settlers.
  • They claim to be of noble ancestry.
  • It’s about what is viewed as the problematic aspects of your background, and that is African ancestry.
    — Rayna Reid Rayford, Essence, 24 Aug. 2022
  • The index also does not take factors like gender or ancestry into account.
    — Stephanie Emma Pfeffer, Peoplemag, 19 Aug. 2022
  • It’s a startling vision that evokes both modern womanhood and deep African ancestry.
    — Kovie Biakolo, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Aug. 2022
  • The tool is available to anyone who wants to find a DNA match or discover their ancestry.
    — María Luisa Paúl, Washington Post, 30 Aug. 2022
  • Cain might be dead, but her fate—and that of her ancestry—now feels inextricably linked with Anhedönia’s own.
    — Liam Hess, Vogue, 23 Aug. 2022
  • Names, facial features and ancestry are investigated; even those with mixed blood are put on the list of people to be expelled.
    — Jonathan Bate, The Conversation, 26 Aug. 2022
  • One is to emigrate, at least temporarily, or to apply for foreign passports based on ancestry.
    — Aluf Benn, Foreign Affairs, 4 Oct. 2024
  • The category was added alongside race, religion, gender, age, and ancestry.
    — Ananya Bhattacharya, Quartz, 16 Aug. 2022
  • Police said the process, called phenotyping, uses DNA to predict traits such as ancestry, hair and eye color and face shape.
    — Stephanie Nolasco, Fox News, 14 Aug. 2022
  • Monica, who is mixed race with Honduran and Black ancestry, was visibly moved by his commitment to understanding his roots.
    — Glamour, 2 Oct. 2024
  • Most are Black and can trace their ancestry to parts of the world spanning sub-Saharan Africa through the Mediterranean.
    — Alexander Tin, CBS News, 31 Oct. 2023
  • Pisces is your fourth house of home, family, ancestry, and land.
    — Kirah Tabourn, Condé Nast Traveler, 25 Feb. 2023
  • Number one on the list is Germany, where 20.2% of people claim ancestry.
    — Zachary Smith, cleveland, 29 Dec. 2022
  • If the police hacked into one of these ancestry databases, that would be a problem.
    — Stuart Miller, Los Angeles Times, 22 Nov. 2022
  • Three of the group’s members are targeted by the Nazis owing to their Jewish ancestry.
    — Vulture, 13 Nov. 2023
  • The most common interpretation is to find out the ancestry of mixed breed dogs.
    — Dallas News, 4 Oct. 2022
  • To see the full ancestry income story, visit this link.
    — Zachary Smith, cleveland, 4 Jan. 2023
  • But much of Irsina’s global appeal has to do with ancestry.
    — Silvia Marchetti, CNN, 25 Apr. 2023
  • Woods' mother once referred to her ancestry as Thai, Chinese and Dutch.
    — Jonathan Landrum Jr., Quartz, 13 Feb. 2024
  • What his color is, what is ancestry is, doesn’t matter.
    — Brian Murphy, Washington Post, 17 Dec. 2022
  • He was born in Sweden of Georgian ancestry while his parents were born in Turkey.
    — David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Feb. 2024
  • However, Oberon hid her Sri Lankan ancestry and passed for white.
    — Town & Country, 12 Mar. 2023
  • These errors were about 20% more common in the 41 cell lines from people with recent African ancestry than in other groups, the team reports.
    — Byjocelyn Kaiser, science.org, 21 Nov. 2022
  • Twelve countries around the world have at least 1% of Ohio residents claiming ancestry.
    — Zachary Smith, cleveland, 4 Jan. 2023
  • The Norwegian princess can trace her ancestry back to Britain’s Queen Victoria.
    — Mark Lewis, Fortune, 13 Sep. 2023
  • Chemical tests could reveal the diets and ancestry of the people.
    — Jenny Gross, New York Times, 15 Mar. 2023
  • Next, the research team hopes to study other genetic databases to see if the same link holds true for people of other ancestries.
    — Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 Dec. 2023
  • Deep in many cats’ ancestry was the practice of avoiding still or stagnant water in order to avoid toxins.
    — Dallas News, 13 Dec. 2022

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