ancestral
adj. C1 Advanced US //ænˈsɛstɹəɫ// UK //ænsˈɛstɹəl// an·ces·tral
adj. coming from your family or ancestors in the past. You use it to describe traditions, land, or traits passed down through generations.
adj. relating to or derived from an ancestor or ancestors; inherited from a previous generation.
The village kept its ancestral traditions alive.
She returned to her ancestral home to trace her family roots.
The legal dispute centered on the ancestral lands that had been held by the clan for centuries without formal title deeds.
From Anglo-Norman ancestrel, from ancestre (“ancestor”).