collateral ancestors

collateral ancestors
A paradoxical term, since ancestors are those persons from whom one is lineally or directly descended, but occasionally used for aunts, uncles, and other collateral relatives of older generations. Banks v Walker (NY) 3 Barb Ch 438, 446.

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