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: a large kinship group comprising all the descendants of a remotest known ancestor with lineage being usually traced only through ancestors of the same sex as the initial progenitor —contrasted with minimal lineage

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“Maximal lineage.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/maximal%20lineage. Accessed 15 Aug. 2022.

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