Synonyms:
familial, genetic, hereditary, inherited, transmitted, transmissible
Meaning: occurring among members of a family usually by heredity; "an inherited disease"; "familial traits"; "genetically transmitted features"
Usage examples
Inherited property!
"My niece has inherited property."
His inherited cupidity was aroused.
I wonder how he inherited such a tainted nature."
He was proud of the fact that she had inherited his lordly manner, his hot temper, and imperious ways.
But she is very sensitive--she inherited that from me, I think--and Tom's action drove her distracted.
He came to them with outstretched arms--a familiar gesture, one doubtless inherited from his Sicilian ancestry.
His blood is hot, and he has a temper something like the one I have inherited from my mother, who was Guiseppe's sister.
Her motions and air spoke of the concealed fire and the desire to charm that she had inherited from the /gitanas/ of the Basque province.
For what were the puritans but the lawfully-begotten children of the so called reformation, whose spirit they inherited, and in whose footsteps they so closely followed?