In fact, one of the distinctive traits of her poetry was the love of her origins and familial roots.

Of his obvious familial roots in the musical arts, Reyes jokes, "I wanted to be a brain surgeon, but they wouldn't let me."

Vonnegut is concerned about the transitoriness of the modern lifestyle, wherein people are forced to leave their familial and cultural roots and trade those for professional and financial security.

In contrast to busy Portoferraio, Marciana Marina, the town where you have familial roots, is a relatively quiet fishing village on the northern side of the island.

Azure was, for a long time, unclear about her familial roots, and did not know to which tribe she belonged.

If so, you may notice something of familial roots from, say, Warsaw or Bangkok or a Pueblo reservation.

That way, he figures, at least one of his boys will grow up proud of his familial and cultural roots.

Carey had deep familial roots in the city of his birth, Baltimore, Maryland.

For many years, there were very few "outsiders" moving to Midland, but over the past two decades, many people with no familial roots in the area have settled there.

For such a fiercely private woman, so intolerant of personal exposure, Pat was uncommonly ready to dig up the dark familial roots from which she felt all her "deformities" had sprung.