mother's side

Synonyms

matrilinear

Examples

I am colored but I offer nothing in the way of extenuating circumstances except the fact that I am the only Negro in the United States whose grandfather on the mother's side was not an Indian chief. Zora Neale Hurston

I was born in Cincinnati, Ohio. My family was not nationally known as being a literary family, though my mother and my mother's side of the family in general were interested in literature. Kenneth Koch

You know, it comes from my mother's side of the family. She had seven sisters and one brother, and all of them could play instruments. I suppose I picked it up from that. Mel Tillis

And my daddy could play a harmonica and also the guitar, so I guess I got a little bit from both of 'em, but I think mostly from my mother's side of the family. Mel Tillis

My mother's side of the family was in the production side of theatre. My grandfather, Jose Vega, was a general manager for Neil Simon shows on Broadway. Yancy Butler

Men look more like their uncles on the mother's side. Norwegian Proverb

Words in the phrase

mother s side

Close letter words and terms

mother's milk mother's relative mother's ruin mother's son mother, father and children mother-based