Some (unamed) believe that only a blood heir can be a grandmaster or great-grandmaster.

Next in the line of succession by virtue of his office, the Steward would not rest until he was certain that the only surviving blood heir was truly dead.

The General's forces wiped out the family through the years leaving Marty the sole blood heir to the family legacy.

However, in 1087 a blood heir, John II, was born, and Constantine had to forfeit his imperial claims.

To have a blood heir is desirable, but Raien wants and deserves more than that, believe me.

It passed to Warine de Raleigh, and on through direct blood heirs until the 19th century, a claim strengthened by marriages between deep ancestral cousins.

Tui is the only blood heir to the Chiefdom held by his father.

Unlike his father, Mansa Wali had no blood heirs leaving the throne to be fought over by his adopted brothers.

The rest of Dunlap's assets, totaling $70 million, are to be left to a corporate trust, unless a blood heir can be found.

A federal judge in New York has awarded the book publishing and movie rights to some of John Steinbeck's major works to his blood heirs.