Belonging to or being in the direct line of descent from an ancestor.
line of descent traced through one side of the family.
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.
group of genetically related organisms constituting a single step in the line of descent.
He traces his line of descent from the Stuart kings.
The line of descent as traced through the paternal side of a family.
An originator of a line of descent;a precursor.
by an unbroken line of descent.