Comment on Why is the term "bloodline" often used instead of "family tree"?

• brygphilomena@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Whichever path it takes. It will only go in a single path unless you have some incestuous relationships. And if that happens and multiple routes work, it doesn’t matter which one you take.

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  • Boomkop3@reddthat.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    So does the line go towards grandpa at mom’s side, or dad’s side?

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    • Mesophar@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      It would generally be between a person and a specific ancestors of theirs, so that depends on who is is tracking towards. Often it will be qualified with something like “Paternal Bloodline” or such, in which case it would follow the father, the father’s father, the father’s father’s father, etc. Or for royalty, it would track from some historical sovereign figure and follow their legitimate heirs down to the individual being examined.

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      • Boomkop3@reddthat.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        It’s a weird old concept is what I guess

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