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Line of descent traced through the maternal side of the family.

1
Again, deportation to an island, which entails minor or intermediate loss of status, destroys rights by cognation.
The Institutes of Justinian
1
The mitochondrial DNA told me Max was not a member of the matrilineage in the Kidron tomb.
Cross Bones
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And Max's mitochondrial DNA is unique, different from both the tooth person and the members of the tomb matrilineage.
Cross Bones