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bilateral descent
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Noun
bilateral descent (usually uncountable, plural bilateral descents)
- Descent traced from all biological descendants, regardless of sex and side of the family.
- Descent traced from an ancestor, regardless of sex and side of the family of the intervening generations.
- Only by bilateral descent is a boy related to his mother's grandfather.
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