Examples of family tree in a Sentence
A framed family tree hung on the wall.
his family tree includes writers, musical composers, and other notables in the arts
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Breakthrough from genetic genealogy In 2025, the case was reopened using investigative genetic genealogy, a method that combines DNA analysis and family tree research to help identify unidentified individuals, the Albuquerque Police Department reported.
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Anthony Thompson, USA Today, 3 May 2026
For adults in their 40s and 50s with diabetes in the family tree, the early signals can be easy to brush off.
—Samantha Agate, Sacbee.com, 1 May 2026
Trump’s maternal line, through his mother Mary Anne MacLeod, is said to connect to the same extended family tree that leads to the House of Windsor.
—Stylecaster Editors, StyleCaster, 29 Apr. 2026
The outlet's family tree links both King Charles, 77, and Trump back to Scottish nobleman John Stewart, 3rd Earl of Lennox, who lived from 1490 to 1526 and was the great-grandson of King James II of Scotland.
—Meredith Kile, PEOPLE, 28 Apr. 2026
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Anthony Thompson, USA Today, 3 May 2026
For adults in their 40s and 50s with diabetes in the family tree, the early signals can be easy to brush off.
—Samantha Agate, Sacbee.com, 1 May 2026
Trump’s maternal line, through his mother Mary Anne MacLeod, is said to connect to the same extended family tree that leads to the House of Windsor.
—Stylecaster Editors, StyleCaster, 29 Apr. 2026
The outlet's family tree links both King Charles, 77, and Trump back to Scottish nobleman John Stewart, 3rd Earl of Lennox, who lived from 1490 to 1526 and was the great-grandson of King James II of Scotland.
—Meredith Kile, PEOPLE, 28 Apr. 2026
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“Family tree.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/family%20tree. Accessed 14 May. 2026.
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