Birth
Birth adjective - Being such by blood and not by adoption or marriage.
Hereditary and birth are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Hereditary" instead an adjective "Birth".
Hereditary
Hereditary adjective - Genetically passed or capable of being passed from parent to offspring.
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Synonyms for Hereditary
Birth and hereditary are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Birth" instead an adjective "Hereditary".
Nearby Word: heredity
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- Castle has an episode where two babies were switched at birth because one of the fathers knew that his child had an always-fatal hereditary disease.
Source: Switched at Birth -
This apparently because there is a hereditary gene for extreme stupidity in the Simpson family that only carries down the Y-chromosome, meaning all Simpson males are doomed to be idiots at birth.
Source: Higher Education Is for Women -
He has since married his discoverer Jane Porter and adopted his birth name and hereditary title: John Clayton, Lord Greystoke.
Source: Film / The Legend of Tarzan
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