Meaning of Paternal | Babel Free

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A person related through the father, or his side of the family; a paternal relative.

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Examples

“Divide what? The estate that came from the father to the son. Amongst whom? The paternal brothers. If it means, that paternals and maternals shall now divide, as paternals formerly did, the whole sentence operates nothing; for without, the half blood on both sides, would have taken. But say it establishes a well-known standard to divide by, and that this standard excludes the maternals, then every word, as well as this word "only," has a material effect and energy.”

“If there are both paternal and maternal uncles and aunts, the maternals take a third, even if there is only one of them, and whether male or female, and the paternals two-thirds, even though there is only one of them, and whether male or female. If the maternals are of one kind, a male has the portion of two females.”

“Being a stepparent, -grandparent is a tough job that not everyone can do, but obviously the paternals think they're special and love them regardless fo^([sic]) whether they fit in or not. It's out of respect for that position as well as respect for your paternals that you should do this. IMagine^([sic]) how hurt your paternals might feel if you didn't see fit to include their loved one in such a way that seems insignificant to you, but can mean the world to them.”

“Personally I think one should be consistent. If one decides to use 'av' as the truncated root, one should make up 'avcxjo' and 'avnjo'. If one decides to start from 'avi[n]', one should then make up 'avicxjo' and 'avinjo'. Of course it is quite possible to use one set for the paternals and the other for the maternals.”

“Well, actually, that ain't "Mother, Father". "To the maternals, to the paternals." or "From the maternals, from the paternals.".”

“Well, see, that's what I meant -- it's not really about physical distance -- it's emotional distance. My nephew and nieces hardly knew their maternal grandparents. Room would have been made for my parents of course. The paternals were gracious, caring people.”

“I don't have a drop of English/British blood in me. All my grandparents were Scandinavian, and my paternals spoke no English when they arrived.”

“My family has always been spread out over the country, with my maternal grandparent in Texas and my paternals on the East Coast, with us stuck in the middle.”

“When I was a kid my mother researched her tree for membership in the Daughters of the American Revolution, the snobs that wouldn't let Marian Anderson sing in their building. I wouldn't dare scrutinize my paternals, most if not all were tories....”

“>I hear Minneapolis has great Mexican food. I don't have any relatives there. My maternal grandparents were born in Marshalltown, Iowa, my paternals in South Dakota, and Kansas.”

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