Maternal
Part of speech: adjective
Definition: Of or pertaining to a mother; having the characteristics of a mother, motherly. Related through the mother, or her side of the family. Derived from the mother as opposed to the foetus during pregnancy.
Example sentence: Women always have to have this soft, maternal, sort of - I don't know - moral center.
Enate
Part of speech: adjective
Definition: Related to someone by female connections or on the maternal side of the family.
Part of speech: noun
Definition: A relative whose relation is traced only through female members of the family.Any maternal female relative.