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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The fossils have now been linked to an unfamiliar species and could shake up the human family tree.
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Daniel Wine, CNN Money, 23 Dec. 2025
The two species straddle a period of climate upheaval during the Early to Late Pliocene, in what is now Europe, where this part of the bear family tree was developing at the time.
—New Atlas, 2 Dec. 2025
That led to a relative of DeAngelo, and investigators began building a family tree from that individual looking for anyone who might have lived in the same area of the attacks.
—Sam Stanton, Sacbee.com, 18 Nov. 2025
Afterwards, a team of volunteer investigative genetic genealogists with the DNA Doe Project began to assemble a family tree based on the information.
—David Chiu, PEOPLE, 14 Nov. 2025
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Daniel Wine, CNN Money, 23 Dec. 2025
The two species straddle a period of climate upheaval during the Early to Late Pliocene, in what is now Europe, where this part of the bear family tree was developing at the time.
—New Atlas, 2 Dec. 2025
That led to a relative of DeAngelo, and investigators began building a family tree from that individual looking for anyone who might have lived in the same area of the attacks.
—Sam Stanton, Sacbee.com, 18 Nov. 2025
Afterwards, a team of volunteer investigative genetic genealogists with the DNA Doe Project began to assemble a family tree based on the information.
—David Chiu, PEOPLE, 14 Nov. 2025
See All Example Sentences for family tree
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“Family tree.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/family%20tree. Accessed 27 Dec. 2025.
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