Matthew

1. A male given name from Hebrew of biblical origin.
2. A surname originating as a patronymic.
3. Matthew the Evangelist, one of the twelve Apostles. A publican or tax-collector at Capernaum and credited with the authorship of the Gospel of Matthew.
4. The Gospel of St. Matthew, the first book of the New Testament of the Bible. Traditionally the first of the four gospels, a book attributed to Matthew the Evangelist.

had

1. simple past and past participle of have
2. Used to form the past perfect tense, expressing an action that took place prior to a reference point that is itself in the past.
3. As past subjunctive: would have.

about

• Prep

  1. In a circle around; all round; on every side of; on the outside of.
  2. Over or upon different parts of; through or over in various directions; here and there in; to and fro in; throughout.
  3. Indicates that something will happen very soon; indicates a plan or intention to do something.
  4. (obsolete) Indicates that something will happen very soon; indicates a plan or intention to do something.
  5. Concerning; with regard to; on account of; on the subject of; to affect.
  6. Concerned with; engaged in; intent on.
  7. Within or in the immediate neighborhood of; in contiguity or proximity to; near, as to place.
  8. On one’s person; nearby the person.
  9. In or near, as in mental faculties or (literally) in the possession of; under the control of; at one's command; in one's makeup.

• Adv
• Adj

his

• Det

  1. Belonging to him.
  2. Belonging to a person of unspecified gender.
  3. (obsolete) Its; belonging to it. (Now only when implying personification.)
  4. Used as a genitive marker in place of ’s after a noun, especially a masculine noun ending in -s, to express the possessive case.

• Pron
• Noun

ancestry

1. The state of being ancestors
2. birth to a noble or high-ranking family, or to someone of honorable descent.
3. A series of ancestors; the people from whom one is descended

and

• Conj

  1. As a coordinating conjunction; expressing two elements to be taken together or in addition to each other.
  2. As a coordinating conjunction; expressing two elements to be taken together or in addition to each other.
  3. As a coordinating conjunction; expressing two elements to be taken together or in addition to each other.
  4. (obsolete) As a coordinating conjunction; expressing two elements to be taken together or in addition to each other.
  5. As a coordinating conjunction; expressing two elements to be taken together or in addition to each other.
  6. As a coordinating conjunction; expressing two elements to be taken together or in addition to each other.
  7. As a coordinating conjunction; expressing two elements to be taken together or in addition to each other.
  8. As a coordinating conjunction; expressing two elements to be taken together or in addition to each other.
  9. As a coordinating conjunction; expressing two elements to be taken together or in addition to each other.
  10. As a coordinating conjunction; expressing two elements to be taken together or in addition to each other.
  11. As a coordinating conjunction; expressing two elements to be taken together or in addition to each other.
  12. As a coordinating conjunction; expressing two elements to be taken together or in addition to each other.
  13. Expressing a condition.
  14. (obsolete) Expressing a condition.
  15. Connecting two well-formed formulas to create a new well-formed formula that requires it to only be true when both of the two formulas are true.

• Noun
• Noun
• Verb

ended up

simple past and past participle of end up

biological father

The man from whom one inherits half of one's DNA and from whom men inherit their Y chromosome.