To which its ancestors belonged to.
Like all peoples whose ancestors belonged to the Byzantine Commonwealth, they can claim it as their common heritage.
Their ancestors belong to Tadepalli village, hence it became their family name.
To what ethnic or cultural group did you or your ancestor -on the male side - belong on coming to this continent?
DNA tests cannot pinpoint to which tribe an individual's ancestor belonged.
The maternal ancestors belonged to the middle class.
Arabs whose ancestors belonged to the larger settlements, lived off the land and who have the highest rank in the society.
This "refers to the ethnic or cultural group(s) to which the respondent's ancestors belong".
John then finds out that his ancestor belongs to the island of Casanga, located on the west coast of Africa.
His ancestors belonged to Dumfriesshire from the beginning of the fifteenth century and were leaders of the clan Bell.