line of descent traced through one side of the family.
The line of descent as traced through the paternal side of a family.
by an unbroken line of descent.
group of genetically related organisms constituting a single step in the line of descent.
An originator of a line of descent;a precursor.
The reckoning of descent in the female line and the matriarchal law of inheritance were thereby overthrown, and the male line of descent and the paternal law of inheritance were substituted for them.
He traces his line of descent from the Stuart kings.
Belonging to or being in the direct line of descent from an ancestor.
