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paternal

pa.ter.nal \p*-'t*rn-*l\ \-*l-e-\ aj [L paternus, fr. pater] 1: of or 
   relating to a father  2: received or inherited from one's father  3: 
   related through one's father {~ grandfather}  - pa.ter.nal.ly av