Tom's ancestral house.

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"Tom's anscestral house in Arizona and his grandpa still lives there."

"Tom's heridetary house is in Arizona and his grandpa still lives there."

Please check.
 

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The first is incorrect because the opening clause does not contain a verb and you have misspelt "ancestral"
The second is incorrect because you have misspelt "hereditary" and that is the wrong word anyway.
 

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"Tom's ancestral house is in Arizona and his grandpa still lives there."

"Tom's hereditary house is in Arizona and his grandpa still lives there."

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Once again, tufguy, you have repeated a mistake (hereditary) that has been pointed out to you. You are wasting your time and ours. Please pay more attention to the responses you receive.

But I corrected it. I checked on Google as well.
 

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If you think a response from a mod or senior member is wrong, question it. Don't just ignore it.

The examples you found on Google do not refer to a building that has been in the family for generations.

Oh sorry for that it wasn't just the spelling. I didn't read the last part sorry for that again. The whole word is wrong sorry. I apologise that's my mistake not reading it carefully.
 

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"Tom's familial house is in Arizona and his grandpa still lives there."
 

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If you think a response from a mod or senior member is wrong, question it. Don't just ignore it.

The examples you found on Google do not refer to a building that has been in the family for generations.

Sorry for bothering you and wasting your time. I apologise for my mistake.
 

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Another options is something like "Tom's ancestral home is in Arizona, and his grandfather still lives there."
 

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Another options is something like "Tom's ancestral home is in Arizona, and his grandfather still lives there."

Home doesn't mean the same thing as "house", though. You could understand that statement to mean that Tom's grandfather still lives in Arizona but not necessarily in the same house he once lived in, or even in the same town.
 
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If referring to a tribe or some other such group, I'd agree. With an individual I'd be less far likely to interpret 'home' as anything other than a specific dwelling as opposed to a geographic area.
 

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"Ancestral" seems odd to me. I would associate that with something older than Arizona.
 

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You could use 'ancestral home". My friend and old business partner in Udaipur still owns the house that his family have lived in for 400 years. His son lives there now.
 
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