Sentence examples for trace the ancestry from inspiring English sources
This view is evident in the Gospel accounts that attempt to trace the ancestry of Jesus back to David.
Even though all cats are similar in appearance, it is difficult to trace the ancestry of individual breeds.
The influence of nineteenth-century nationalism made Europeans want to trace the ancestry of their modern nations back to a distinct set of ancestors, who were different from — and usually thought of as better than — any of their immediate neighbors.
Fossils of extinct species trace the ancestry of African spiny mice to the Late Miocene Epoch (11.2 million to 5.3 million years ago) in Africa, where they probably lived in habitats not unlike the dry savannas in which existing species are found.
In a study published in 2003, Santos attempted to trace the ancestry of the frogs by examining their genes.
To trace the ancestry of the Roma, the researchers--led by Luba Kalaydjieva of Edith Cowan University in Perth, Australia--studied the DNA of 275 unrelated men from 14 distinct Romani populations.
Mr. Gyllensten and his colleagues traced the ancestry of 53 people from DNA blood samples that were used in another scientific study.
Those changes begin Jan . 20 Fridays at 8 p.m., NBC will bring back the reality show "Who Do You Think You Are?", which traces the ancestry of celebrities.
Ms. Smolenyak, who has traced the ancestry of many prominent figures, began studying the first lady's roots in earnest after conducting some preliminary research into Mrs. Obama's ancestry for an article published in The New York Times earlier this year.
"You would go mad," he says, "tracing the ancestry of the simplest things", and perhaps it is too much to expect him to have seen through the myths that continue to entrance so many.
Ian Farquhar, an old Etonian Army captain who for nineteen years has been Master of Fox Hounds of the Beaufort Hunt, has traced the ancestry of Badminton's foxhounds back to 1743, and unearthed the records of fifty-four generatiofs of dogs.
