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Buildings disseminating ancestry to us? (7,5)

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I believe the answer is:

country seats

'buildings' is the definition.

'disseminating ancestry to us?' is the wordplay.
'disseminating' indicates an anagram (disseminate can mean to spread around).
'ancestry'+'to'+'us'='ancestrytous'
'ancestrytous' anagrammed gives 'COUNTRY-SEATS'.

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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