Lineal consanguinity - sustany/dvg GitHub Wiki

Lineal consanguinity is the blood relationship among persons where one is a direct descendant or ascendant of the other. It is the relation in a direct line, such as between a father, son, and grandson.�

Lineal consanguinity can either be downward in a direct descending line � as in son, grandson, and great grandson or be upward in a direct ascending line � as in son, father, and grandfather.�

See also: Consanguinity; Collateral consanguinity�