blood line

Women in Britain 2,000 years ago appear to have passed on land and wealth to daughters not sons as communities were built around women's blood lines, according to new research.

One said: “I think we should stay with our blood line.”

Her blood line, he alleged, ran through medieval Muslim Spain.

But Italy’s right-wing has long insisted citizenship should only pass through Italian blood lines.

“We have a real, deep connection to all these places. Our blood line is here.”