HEREDITARY

[adjective] [not gradable] - (of characteristics or diseases) able to be given through the genes of a parent to a child, or (of titles and positions in society) given as a right from parent to childThe disease is hereditary, so there is a chance her daughter may suffer from it too.It is a hereditary title, so Mark Howard will become Sir Mark Howard on his father's death.She believes that hereditary peerages (= high social ranks) should be abolished.A hereditary peer is a person who has received a particular title and who can give it to their child.