The grandparents on the father's side of the family
My paternal grandparent was my father's father. So paternal means "of a father."
The noun form for the adjective paternal is paternity.
"Paternal" means "on your father's side". Your paternal great-grandfather would be one of your father's grandfathers.
A paternal niece is a niece on the fathers side. For example:my dad's sisters's daughter is my paternal niece
Fatherly would be a synonym, depending on how paternal was used.
Luke Skywalker doesn't have a paternal grandfather.
fraternal relates to brotherhood and paternal relates to fatherhood
there are both paternal and maternal chromosomes, which carry maternal/paternal genes.
The father's parents are the paternal grandparents. The mother's parents are the maternal grandparents.
"Maternal" is of or pertaining to the mother, "paternal" is of or pertaining to the father.
Maternal refers to your mother and paternal to your father. My maternal grandmother lives in Scotland, but my paternal grandmother lives just down the street.
Paternal is related to the father while maternal is related to the mother. Example: Your maternal parent is your mother and your paternal parent is your father.
how do i write up a petition for termination of paternal rights