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Bilateral descent
Noun
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1.
Noun
Descent traced from all biological descendants, regardless of sex and side of the family.
2.
Noun
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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