All children of the Polish nobility inherited their noble status from a noble mother and father.

Their mixed-race children inherited their mother's free status as an English subject.

Unlike males, females can inherit their status from their mothers or move between communities and rise up the pecking order.

Fifi inherited her status from birth because her mother was a high-ranking female.

He inherited his mother's status.

Alberta inherited its English-only status from the Northwest Territories in 1905, and then was strengthened over time.

Some were the daughters of kisaeng, who inherited their mother's status.

Since at that time both brothers had to be relatively young, it implies that they inherited their high status.

Women could not marry upwards, and their children did not inherit the father's superior status.

Only a handful of hidalgos inherited their tax-exempt status, with most acquiring it through royal service or purchase.