Can a property lose its ancestral character? If yes, how?

Once an ancestral property is divided, the share of each legal heir is his or her own self acquired property. Further, property inherited by either a will or a gift are not ancestral properties. Moreover, self acquired property can become ancestral property if it is thrown into the pool of ancestral properties and enjoyed in common. It should also be kept in mind that properties inherited from your mother, grandmother, uncle and even your brother cannot be ancestral properties. Illustration: Property gifted by a father to his son could not become ancestral property in the hands of the son simply by reason of the fact that he got it from his father.