Maternal Sentence Examples

Regardless of how irresponsible the woman was, she presumably possessed natural maternal instincts for her child.

You promise to tell me if your maternal instinct kicks in?

Was she filling a maternal role?

The apical senseorgan is used for temporary attachment to the maternal vestibule in which development takes place, but permanent fixation is effected by the oral surface.

Tiberius, however, soon became tired of the maternal yoke; his retirement to Capreae is said to have been caused by his desire to escape from her.

The young woman died in a suspicious fire at the age of 23, leaving 8-year-old Curtis to be raised by his maternal grandmother.

The maternal blood circulating around the placental villi is shown in red.

His life had been clouded from infancy by an ardent yearning for the maternal love he had never known.

I think that the biggest misconception about stay-at-home dads is that we could not possibly have that so called "maternal instincts".

For those who don't have any children, a chimp can also appeal to a person's maternal or paternal instincts.

In 2005, Beyoncé launched the House of Dereon clothing line, named for her maternal grandmother.

While critics originally complained the photo is obscene, officials ruled it is an appropriate tribute to maternal beauty.

Portman is her maternal grandmother's last name.

Maternal health is a major factor in preventing birth defects.

I am also co-principal investigator on an ESRC-funded ethnographic study of evidence-based policy-making in international maternal health.

Cases of neonatal thrombocytopenia, of fetal or neonatal jaundice have been reported with maternal thiazide therapy.

The tracing resulted in 36 320 cows being assigned to 11 786 cow families with more than one cow per maternal lineage.

It was a very maternal remark, the kind made when an obstreperous boy had repeated a question for the hundredth time.

After a short time his father removed to the " rustic solitude " of Buriton (Hants), but young Gibbon lived chiefly at the house of his maternal grandfather at Putney, where, under the care of his devoted aunt, he developed, he tells us, that passionate love of reading " which he would not exchange for all the treasures of India," and where his mind received its most decided stimulus.

The anti-Rh antibodies from the preparation destroy fetal RBCs in the mother's blood before they can sensitize the maternal immune system.

Longitudinal studies demonstrate that maternal smoking is associated with an increased incidence of wheezing illness, particularly at younger ages.

Michael's maternal grandparents were natives of Bermuda.

Maternal antibodies within the puppy will render the parvo virus ineffective, but the plummeting number of antibodies may not offer sufficient protection against parvo.

When a person receives both chromosomes from his or her mother, it is called "maternal uniparental disomy."

One chromosome 15 is inherited from the mother, or is maternal in origin.

The imprinting of this group of maternal genes does not typically cause disease.

Maternal uniparental disomy for chromosome 15 leads to PWS because the genes on chromosome 15 that should have been inherited from the father are missing, and the genes on both the chromosome 15s inherited from the mother are imprinted.

If a child has PWS due to maternal uniparental disomy, the chance the parents could have another child with PWS is less than 1 percent.

Although methylation testing can accurately diagnose PWS, it cannot determine if the PWS is caused by a deletion, maternal uniparental disomy, or a mutation that disrupts imprinting.

More specialized DNA testing is required to detect maternal uniparental disomy or a mutation that disrupts imprinting.

Maternal uniparental disomy-A chromosome abnormality in which both chromosomes in a pair are inherited from one's mother.

The bow tie chart separates the paternal and maternal ancestors onto separate sides of the chart.

Lines are drawn to the left to information about direct line maternal ancestors.

The position can be reversed with the maternal ancestors on the right and the paternal ancestors on the left.

This format is good to use when the amount of research available is just about equal on both the maternal and paternal sides.

The process starts with the purchase of a test kit which costs about $120 (2010 pricing) to trace the paternal or maternal line.

Maternal DNA or mitochondrial DNA, is contained on the X chromosome.

This benefits system also provides benefit compensation to those who are caring for a sick child or family member and those out of work due to maternal needs.

Family planning clinics also receive government money through Medicaid, the State Children's Health Insurance Program, the Maternal and Child Health and Social Services department, and other government programs dedicated to health care.

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This is most common in pregnancies that need to end in early delivery because of maternal health problems.

German measles (Rubella) and cytomegalovirus (CMV) are examples of maternal infections that may cause birth defects in the unborn child.

Your odds of having twins increase significantly if your mother or maternal grandmother was a fraternal twin or gave birth to fraternal twins.

My baby stirred within me today and were I not so bundled in winter garb the few times when I venture out, surely all the wagging tongues in town would know of my maternal state.

In the following year, by the death, of Ferdinand of Aragon, his maternal grandfather, and the incapacity of his mother Joanna, who had become hopelessly insane, he succeeded to the crowns of Castile and Aragon, which carried with them large possessions in Italy and the dominion, of the New World of America.

But Philip Howard, the son and heir, succeeded to the ancient earldom of Arundel in 1580, on the death of his maternal grandfather, while the Lord Lumley, his uncle by marriage, surrendered to him his life interest in the castle and honour of Arundel.

In the society of the members he assumed the name of "Isaac Bickerstaff," and later of "Gawin Douglas," the latter partly in memory of his maternal grandfather Douglas of Muthill (Perthshire), and partly to give point to his boast that he was a "poet sprung from a Douglas loin."

He was born (January 1, 1431) at Xativa, near Valencia in Spain, and his father's surname was Lanzol or Llancol; that of his mother's family, Borgia or Borja, was assumed by him on the elevation of his maternal uncle to the papacy as Calixtus III.

Russell in particular entered into close communication with the marquis de Ruvigny (Lady Russell's maternal uncle), who came over with money for distribution among members of parliament.

It was the cardinal Louis de Rohan, formerly ambassador at Vienna, whence he had been recalled in 1774, having incurred the queen's displeasure by revealing to the empress Maria Theresa the frivolous actions of her daughter, a disclosure which brought a maternal reprimand, and for having spoken lightly of Maria Theresa in a letter of which Marie Antoinette learned the contents.

After graduating at Strassburg University he spent a year in the counting-house of his father, a banker and merchant, and then in 1851 went to live in Paris with his maternal grandfather, Georges Louis Duvernoy (1777-1855), professor of natural history and, from 1850, of comparative anatomy, at the College de France.

Maternal instincts are well developed, both the eggs, which number about fifty, and the young being carefully brooded and watched over by the parent.

His father died in 1756, when his maintenance and education were undertaken by his maternal uncle, Zachary Bayly, a wealthy merchant of Jamaica.

Moreover, the mothers appear to have little maternal instinct and neglect their offspring.

In this tribe are included Orthoptera with a large prothorax, whose eggs are enclosed in a common purse or capsule formed by the hardening of a maternal secretion.

Delage has distinguished as multiplication those cases in which the new individual arises from a mass of cells which remain a part of the maternal tissues during differentiation, reserving the term reproduction for those cases in which the spore or cell which is the starting-point of the new individual begins by separating from the maternal tissues; but the distinction is inconvenient in practice and does not appear to carry with it any fundamental biological significance.

One species Callistochiton viviparus is viviparous and its ova develop without a larval stage in the maternal oviduct.

His maternal grandfather, Andreas Gottlieb Bernstorff (1640-1726), had been one of the ablest ministers of George I., and under his guidance Johann was very carefully educated, acquiring amongst other things that intimate knowledge of the leading European languages, especially French, which ever afterwards distinguished him.

He was carried for safety into Spain, which country and Provence were thenceforth ruled by his maternal grandfather, Theodoric the Ostrogoth, acting through his vicegerent, an Ostrogothic nobleman named Theudis.

Meanwhile Anne had suffered a series of maternal disappointments.

He was called Gregory after his maternal great-grandfather, the bishop of Langres.

He was descended, it is said, from Vettius Epagathus, who was martyred at Lyons in 177 with St Pothinus; his paternal uncle, Gallus, was bishop of Clermont; his maternal grand-uncle, Nicetius (St Nizier), occupied the see of Lyons; and he was a kinsman of Euphronius, bishop of Tours.

Tile rebellion of the asafu d-daula, maternal uncle of the shah, was punished by exile, while his son, after giving trouble to his opponents, and once gaining a victory over them, took shelter with the Turcomans.

The doctrine of "infection," like the somewhat allied doctrine of "maternal impressions," seems to be alike ancient and widespread.

Evidence of the antiquity of the belief in "maternal impressions" we have in Jacob placing peeled rods before Laban's cattle to induce them to bring forth "ring-straked speckled and spotted" offspring; evidence of the antiquity of the "infection" doctrine we have, according to some writers, in the practice amongst the Israelites of requiring the childless widow to marry her deceased husband's brother, that he might "raise up seed to his brother."

Francis I.; the heritage of both Ferdinand and Maximilianhis maternal and paternal grandfathersfell to Charles of Hahsburg, who already possessed the Netherlands in his fathers right and Castile in that of his mother.

Payment, or a present, is always made for a wife to her father, brother or guardian (who is generally her maternal uncle).

In 1895 he was created 1st earl of Crewe, his maternal grandfather, the 2nd Baron Crewe, having left him his heir.

During the summer season, however (from May to July), when drones are abundant, the loss of a queen is of comparatively little moment, as the workers can transform eggs (or young larvae not more than three days old), which would in the ordinary course produce worker bees, into fully-developed queens, capable of fulfilling all the maternal duties of a mother-bee.

Her ambition was centred in her sons, but Bismarck in his recollections of his childhood missed the influences of maternal tenderness.

He was also the sire of Cade, own brother to Lath, and of Regulus the maternal grandsire of Eclipse.

Business misfortunes having caused his father's bankruptcy, and his mother dying in 1768, young, Hamilton was thrown upon the care of maternal relatives at St Croix, where, in his twelfth year, he entered the countinghouse of Nicholas Cruger.

What small maternal instincts a demon could have had led her to destroy the man who took her son; then she in turn was killed by Andre.

Katie.s dormant maternal instinct roared to life, and she dived at Toby, snatching his legs to keep the jaguar from dragging him fully into the forest.

There was nothing maternal about her feelings for Alex – nor anything paternal about his actions toward her when they were alone.

Therefore the ideal fetal microphone does not load the maternal abdomen.

These sequence variants are called maternal and paternal alleles.

However, this approach is not suitable for the analysis of fetal genetic traits that do not differ largely from the maternal alleles.

Scarlett Johansson's maternal ancestors originally came from Poland.

When used in chickens where maternal antibody still exists, the way in which this vaccine is administered is critical.

Scenario 2 Several weeks later, the same babyâs maternal aunt comes to your surgery.

At the first division, the maternal and paternal chromosomes fuse together to form a bivalent, during which crossing-over occurs.

Neonates Risks to the fetus and neonate from maternal chickenpox are related to the time of infection in the mother.

Their uniqueness is further assured by a process of crossing-over between maternal and paternal chromosomes whereby parts of chromosomes are exchanged.

Sitting by the roadside is a scantily clad woman who with maternal care shelters her child from the biting blast.

If you read a proposal for Harlow's research on maternal deprivation would you feel it was unethical?

Little evidence was found for a relationship between maternal occupation to the seven classes of potential endocrine disrupting chemicals and risk of hypospadias.

Also I am seeking information about my maternal grandfather Tom Winter who in 1901 was living in Regent Street.

Famous Football Relatives My father's maternal grandfather was Fred Beardsley.

I decided to examine a branch of my maternal grandmother 's family.

The maternal grandparents have obtained parental responsibility under a court order in the United Kingdom.

A crossmatch of maternal serum versus paternal granulocytes will be performed to determine the presence of low frequency granulocyte-specific antibodies.

A home study of the maternal great-grandparents of the child was evaluated to determine whether or not they would be an adequate replacement.

He does, however, remember a maternal great-uncle having very bad eyesight and also wearing a hearing aid.

Top Our group could not find out why maternal serum HCG was used as an indicator of risk of carrying a Down syndrome baby.

Oxytocin use, duration of labor, prolonged infant hospitalization, and maternal fever followed a similar pattern.

This may be particularly important for female relatives on the maternal side of a family where a male baby has an X-linked immunodeficiency.

In the absence of Mecp2 there was complete loss of normal maternal imprinting of the Dlx5 gene in the mouse brain.

However, the maternal instinct clearly shone through with women proving more generous with their prize money.

Children of kuru-affected mothers were not found to develop kuru, 12 suggesting that maternal transmission was not involved.

Affected girls are often particularly maternal by nature and if reproduction is impossible many take great joy in adopting and mothering children.

It's the same with motherhood, so stop beating yourself up for not being naturally maternal.

In normal reproduction, mtDNA inheritance is exclusively maternal.

The target is to reduce maternal mortality by three-quarters.

Good maternal nutrition is important for the preparation and maintenance of breast feeding.

Gymnosperms have mainly paternal (pollen) transmission while most flowering plants seem to have maternal inheritance.

Neonatal immunity In Humans, maternal IgG can cross the placenta.

RhD typing results obtained by real time PCR on maternal plasma are generally available within 5 working days of sample receipt.

Mom is taking a break from her maternal duties and is having a preen on the perch by the male.

These findings suggested that maternal deprivation can lead to a lack of emotional development (affectionless psychopathy ).

Clinical antecedents linked with this type of injury include maternal pyrexia, prolonged preterm rupture of membranes and maternal leucocytosis.

The aim is to compare the efficacy, maternal satisfaction and midwife acceptability of the three models of care provision.

Local guidelines regarding the setting and standards of intrapartum fetal and maternal surveillance in women with uterine scar.

A full description of antibodies in maternal serum should be provided.

I offer and consecrate my person and all my interests to your care and maternal solicitude.

The study, of course, does not include either stillbirths or maternal deaths.

They emphasized, repeatedly, the importance of the study of offspring of affected cattle in order to check for maternal transmission.

In a healthy pregnancy, fetal cells called trophoblasts do this by ' invading ' the uterus, while communicating with maternal immune cells.

This interface, consisting of the maternal decidua and the invading placental trophoblast, is exposed to profound changes in oxygen tension during pregnancy.

A young maternal uncle, who had grown a beard at an early age, volunteered to take on the task.

This sad monument was erected by a loving Nephew, Thomas Milles, to his most beloved maternal uncle.

Having discovered that Peter, who had reached the age of seventeen, was thinking of taking the administration into his own hands, she conspired against him with the commander of the stryeltsi and some of his maternal relations; but she was circumvented by the rival faction and interned in a convent, and Peter's mother was put in her place.

Humphrey V., his son and heir, returned to the path of loyalty, and was permitted, some time before 1239, to inherit the earldom of Essex from his maternal uncle, William de Mandeville.

Both his father and his uncle William Campbell, who had together founded an important drapery business in Glasgow, left him considerable fortunes; and he assumed the name of Bannerman in 1872, in compliance with the provisions of the will of his maternal uncle, Henry Bannerman, from whom he inherited a large property in Kent.

But then his brother Geoffrey, who had received as appanage the three fortresses of Chinon, Loudun and Mirebeau, tried to seize upon Anjou, on the pretext that, by the will of their father, Geoffrey the Handsome, all the paternal inheritance ought to descend to him, if Henry succeeded in obtaining possession of the maternal inheritance.

A widower is entitled by courtesy to a life interest in all his wife's real estate; if she dies intestate, he is entitled to all her personal estate; if she dies intestate, leaving no descendants and no paternal or maternal kindred, he is entitled to her whole estate absolutely.

Rudimentary teaching in reading, occasionally writing, and the first principles of Lutheran faith are given in the maternal house, or in " maternal schools," or by ambulatory schools under the control of the clergy, who make the necessary examination in the houses of every parish.

Her maternal instinct told her that Natasha had too much of something, and that because of this she would not be happy.

Maternal pyrexia associated with the use of epidural analgesia in labor.

Studies in animals have shown reproductive toxicity associated with maternal toxicity.

Maternal rubella infection in the first eight to ten weeks of pregnancy results in fetal damage in up to 90% of infants.

Teratology studies in rats and rabbits showed maternal toxicity at high dose levels, but there was no evidence of embryotoxic or teratogenic potential.

Congenital thyrotoxicosis is due to the passage from the mother to the fetus of maternal immunoglobulins that stimulate the fetal thyroid.

Maternal blood samples were collected at prior to chorionic villous sampling.

In contrast, the monkeys with a poor maternal relationship became passive and vocalized a lot.

Jerry Stiller, Anne Meara, Ben Stiller, and Amy Stiller - Jerry's paternal grandparents were Austrian Jewish immigrants and his maternal parents were Russian Jews.

Despite the best vaccine protocol, the differing maternal antibody levels within each puppy will leave some vulnerable to contracting the dangerous virus.

Breastfeeding is an important risk factor for hyperbilirubinemia in healthy infants and is related to inadequate maternal milk supply in the first few days, decreased caloric intake and delayed passage of meconium.

Maternal inheritance. mtDNA is only passed from mother to child because the mitochondria of a sperm is located in the sperm's tail, which is not involved in conception.

Another major factor is maternal age; a woman who gives birth at 37 is four times more likely to have fraternal twins than at age 18.

Maternal infections and illnesses such as glandular disorders, rubella, toxoplasmosis, and cytomegalovirus infection may cause mental retardation.

Teratogen-Any drug, chemical, maternal disease, or exposure that can cause physical or functional defects in an exposed embryo or fetus.

Other less obvious environmental factors can also play a part in the development of conduct disorder; several long-term studies have found an association between maternal smoking during pregnancy and the development of CD in offspring.

Maternal conditions can be identified with preconception counseling and from the maternal history.

Certain maternal or fetal problems may require the physician to deliver a baby early or to choose a surgical delivery (cesarean section) rather than a vaginal delivery.

Ebstein's anomaly may be associated with maternal use of the psychiatric drug lithium during pregnancy.

A cesarean section (also referred to as c-section) is the birth of a fetus accomplished by performing a surgical incision through the maternal abdomen and uterus.

C-sections have a higher maternal mortality rate than vaginal births with approximately 5.8 women per 100,000 live births dying, and half of these deaths are ascribed to the operation and a coexisting medical condition.

The maternal death rate for c-section is less than 0.02 percent (5.8 per 100,000 live births), but that is four times the maternal death rate associated with vaginal delivery.

Some prenatal factors known to contribute to growth retardation include a variety of maternal health problems, including toxemia, kidney and heart disease, infections such as rubella and maternal malnutrition.

Maternal age is also a factor (adolescent mothers are prone to have undersize babies), as is uterine constraint (which occurs when the uterus is too small for the baby).

Environmental factors that influence intrauterine growth include maternal use of drugs (including alcohol and tobacco).

Neurobiological risks include maternal drug use during pregnancy, birth complications, low birth weight, prenatal brain damage, traumatic head injury, and chronic illness.

Rh disease in the newborn is rare in developed countries due to routine screening of maternal blood type and routine prevention of anti-Rh antibodies in Rh negative women after each birth of an Rh positive infant.

Finally, the risk of CP can be decreased through good maternal nutrition, avoidance of drugs and alcohol during pregnancy, and prevention or prompt treatment of infections.

Spina bifida may arise because of chromosome abnormalities, single gene mutations, or specific environmental insults such as maternal diabetes mellitus or prenatal exposure to certain anticonvulsant drugs.

Those in high-quality care were at an advantage compared to those with exclusive maternal care, while low-quality child care presented a disadvantage.

In general, infant mortality rates decrease with increasing maternal educational levels.

The fourth leading cause of death comes under the heading of newborn affected by maternal complications of pregnancy.

The cesarean rate increase could be due to nonmedical factors as demographics, physician practice patterns, and maternal choice.

Lack of prenatal care could also contribute to the fourth largest cause of infant death, which is maternal complications.

The CDC also studies whether maternal age has any correlation with the rate of twin births.

The diagnosis is made based on the history of maternal alcohol use and detailed physical examination for the characteristic major and minor birth defects and characteristic facial features.

There is no treatment for FAS that will reverse or change the physical features or brain damage associated with maternal alcohol use during the pregnancy.

Maternal education as well as emotional and economic support systems may help to prevent failure to thrive in those cases where is no physical deformity.

During the ultrasound procedure, a hand-held instrument is placed on the maternal abdomen or inserted vaginally.

In general, most physicians believe that IUGR is the consequence of a disease process within one or more of the three partitions that maintain and regulate fetal growth, i.e., the maternal compartment, the placenta, or the fetus.

Maternal renal and cardiopulmonary disease and multiple gestation are factors in IUGR.

Maternal bed rest is the initial approach for the treatment of IUGR.

Other maternal complications include premature delivery and increased rates of delivery by cesarean section, as well as hemorrhage after delivery.

Increased prenatal surveillance and early treatment of maternal complications is an approach that is appropriate for mothers who wish to continue their pregnancy with the knowledge that the baby will most likely not survive.

All electronic fetal monitors detect the FHR and maternal uterine activity (UA), and both are displayed for interpretation since the pattern of the baby's heartbeat during labor often reflects the baby's condition.

When the transducer is placed correctly on the maternal abdomen, the sound waves bounce off the fetal heart and are picked up by the electronic monitor.

Incorrect placement of the transducer may detect a pulsating maternal vessel with a resultant swooshing sound (uterine soufflé), and the rate will be the same as the maternal pulse.

Maternal uterine activity is noted and recorded when the pressure of a contraction pushes on a sensor, which is on the underside of a tocodynanometer.

Another reason for the procedure is to confirm indications of Down syndrome and certain other defects which may have shown up previously during routine maternal blood screening.

Most insurers provide coverage for women over 35, as a follow-up to positive maternal blood screening results, and when genetic disorders run in the family.

The most promising area of new research in prenatal testing involves expanding the scope and accuracy of maternal blood screening as this poses no risk to the fetus.

Maternal blood screening-Screening that is normally done early in pregnancy to test for a variety of conditions.

This condition is referred to as maternal PKU and can even affect babies who do not have the PKU disease.

P., et al. "Maternal nutritional status and the risk for orofacial cleft offspring in humans."

Sometimes they have problems breaking the maternal attachment with their child if the child is attending the same class session.

However, some boys do inherit the condition; the responsible gene may be passed directly from father to son, or inherited indirectly from the maternal grandfather through the mother, who does not begin early puberty herself.

Potential tests include maternal serum alpha-fetal protein analysis or screening, ultrasonography, amniocentesis, and chorionic villus sampling.

Maternal serum analyte screening-A medical procedure in which a pregnant woman's blood is drawn and analyzed for the levels of certain hormones and proteins.

This leakage creates abnormally high levels of AFP in amniotic fluid and in maternal blood.

If the maternal screening test indicates an abnormally low AFP, amniocentesis is used to diagnosis the problem.

The AFP maternal screening test is usually performed at week 16 of pregnancy.

Minimizing the risk of transmitting a maternal infection to a fetus is often a major concern for parents.

The first step is identifying possible maternal infections.

Prenatal diagnosis of neural tube defects causing anencephaly or meningomyelocele is possible through ultrasound examination and maternal blood testing for alpha-fetoprotein, which is almost always elevated.

Some cases of congenital brain defects can be prevented with good maternal nutrition, including folic acid supplements.

An infant less than six months of age is usually protected against measles, mumps, and rubella by maternal antibodies.

The duration of protection is dependent to a great extent on the maternal antibody titer and the antibodies received by the infant during pregnancy.

Most cases of Angelman's syndrome can be traced to a genetic abnormality inherited from a maternal chromosome (15).

The testing is done for pregnancies at risk for maternal and/or fetal complications.

Maternal blood pressure is taken with each test.

These researchers used maternal questionnaires to gather information on children's emotionality, activity, and sociability, traits they regarded as the fundamental dimensions of temperament.

The test requires a sample of maternal blood, typically taken during the fifteenth and twentieth week of pregnancy, and measures the level of certain pregnancy hormones.

The other risks are maternal infection, injuries to the fetus, and premature labor.

The baby's primary dependence and the maternal response to this dependence causes bonding to develop.

This reciprocal positive maternal and paternal-infant interaction initiates attachment.

The child's mother may be unresponsive to the child because of maternal depression, substance abuse, or overwhelming personal problems that interfere with her ability to be consistent and nurturing for the child.

This transfer stimulates maternal antibody production against the Rh factor, which is called isoimmunization.

The indirect Coombs test measures the number of antibodies in the maternal blood.

The blood incompatibility is uncovered through blood tests such as the direct Coombs test, which measures the level of maternal antibodies attached to the baby's red blood cells.

The placenta should not be removed manually to avoid squeezing fetal cells into the maternal circulation.

Maternal immunity gradually disappears during the first six to eight months of life.

As a woman's age (maternal age) increases, the risk of having a Down syndrome baby increases significantly.

There is no increased risk of either mosaicism or translocation with increased maternal age.

There is a common myth that hair loss is passed down to men from the maternal side and to women from the paternal side; however, it is just one theory of hair genetics.

Charles Ruggles played Charles McKendrick, the girls' maternal grandfather.

Cathleen Nesbitt got the part of Louise McKendrick, the girls' maternal grandmother.

Smith (Nora Hanen, One Life to Live) - Smith portrayed Guya, a spiritual guide who reinvented herself after her husband got caught up in a scandal and maternal aunt of Owen and Gina.

Perry took her stage last name from her maternal aunt and uncle Eleanor and Frank Perry.

The only thing confirmed by these statements is that the Gosselin kids have little contact with their maternal grandparents, but why is Kate Gosselin estranged from her parents?

Newt having stirred Ripley's maternal instincts, it's the Battle of the Enraged Mothers.

Not allowing the tragedy of her mother's death or the burden of taking on a maternal role for her younger sisters, Rosie O'Donnell was very active and well liked in high school.

He fled with Alcmene, Electryon's daughter, to Thebes, where he was cleansed from the guilt of blood by Creon, his maternal uncle, king of Thebes.

The embryo passes through three stages - (I) still enclosed within the egg and living on its own yolk; (2) free, within the vitelline mass, which is directly swallowed by the mouth; (3) there is no more vitelline mass, but the embryo is possessed of long external gills, which serve for an exchange of nutritive fluid through the maternal uterus, these gills functioning in the same way as the chorionic villi of the mammalian egg.

Having been placed in his fourteenth year under the charge of his maternal great-uncle Dr Gem, physician to the English embassy at Paris, in 1783 he passed his early years amidst a political fermentation which led him to take a deep interest in politics.

On the death of his maternal grandfather in 1384 he received the title of count of Nevers, which he bore until his father's death.

At the age of ten he composed a tragedy under the inspiration of Caesarotti's translation of the Ossianic poems. On the marriage of his twin sister Rosina with a maternal cousin at Lyons he went to reside in that city, devoting himself during four years to the study of French literature.

The elder of these, succeeding as 3rd Baron Grantham (1781-1859), became in 1833 2nd Earl de Grey, in right of his maternal aunt, and assumed the surname of de Grey; he was lord-lieutenant of Ireland (1841-44).

Her correspondence in cipher from thence with her English agents abroad, intercepted by Walsingham and deciphered by his secretary, gave eager encouragement to the design for a Spanish invasion of England Under the prince of Parma, - an enterprise in which she would do her utmost to make her son take part, and in case of his refusal would induce the Catholic nobles of Scotland to betray him into the hands of Philip, from whose tutelage he should be released only on her demand, or if after her death he should wish to return, nor then unless he had become a Catholic. But even these patriotic and maternal schemes to consign her child and re-consign the kingdom to the keeping of the Inquisition, incarnate in the widower of Mary Tudor, were superseded by the attraction of a conspiracy against the throne and life of Elizabeth.

The young usually pass through several stages of development after leaving the egg, and this commonly after, even long after, the egg has left the maternal shell.

He came into touch with the new learning at the house of his maternal uncle, Cardinal Bernardo Dovizzi, in Rome.

At Rennes Descartes found little to interest him; and, after he had visited the maternal estate of which his father now put him in possession, he went to Paris, where he found the Rosicrucians the topic of the hour, and heard himself credited with partnership in their secrets.

In Tubularia, on the other hand, the parenchymula develops into an actinula within the maternal tissues, and is then set free, creeps about for a time, and after fixing itself, changes into a polyp; hence in this case the planula-stage, as a free larva, is entirely suppressed.

There was nothing maternal about her feelings for Alex – nor anything paternal about his actions toward her when they were alone.

He had come to Egypt as a boy after his father's death, and was brought up by his wealthy maternal uncle Mordecai Francis.

After the death of his father, he was brought up under the care of Arrius Antoninus, his maternal grandfather, a man of integrity and culture, and on terms of friendship with the younger Pliny.

If the husband dies intestate, leaving no descendants and no paternal or maternal kindred, the whole of his estate goes to his widow absolutely.

The precise date and place of his birth, together with details of his early life, are wanting; but in 1143 he assisted his maternal uncle, Count Welf VI., in his attempts to conquer Bavaria, and by his conduct in several local feuds earned the reputation of a brave and skilful warrior.