Sentence examples for ancestry was from inspiring English sources

(Tolkien's ancestry was, in fact, German).

His ancestry was English, Irish and Huguenot.

Judge Fuld said making distinctions based on ancestry was "odious to a free people".

Convict ancestry was until recently a source of unmentionable shame -- called "the Stain".

Around this time, Harroun started introducing himself as part Lebanese, though his ancestry was European.

Mr. Ghosn, who is of Lebanese ancestry, was born in Brazil and educated in France.

A high proportion of people with Sephardic ancestry was to be expected, Dr. Ray said.

Yoakum's ancestry was of ongoing interest to him throughout his life.

Disraeli's ancestry was Jewish, not exactly a ticket to higher office in his day.

Naomi's mother died when the family was still in Russia, and her Jewish ancestry was unclear.

Simpson takes the view that their ancestry was probably equid and almost certainly hippomorph.