They claim to be of noble ancestry. a person of unknown ancestry She claims to be able to trace her ancestry all the way back to the earliest settlers.
Recent Examples on the WebNames, 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 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 It’s a startling vision that evokes both modern womanhood and deep African ancestry. Kovie Biakolo, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Aug. 2022 The index also does not take factors like gender or ancestry into account. Stephanie Emma Pfeffer, Peoplemag, 19 Aug. 2022 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 Part of that has to do with Midthunder, a young actor with Sioux ancestry, silent-cinema-starlet eyes and a physical presence that can project vulnerability or steely self-assurance. David Fear, Rolling Stone, 4 Aug. 2022 The next step is to incorporate additional layers of data — from molecular and medical to environmental — and work to change decades-old practices of focusing on people of one ancestry to include people of many. David Reese And Kári Stefánsson, STAT, 2 Aug. 2022 See More