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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In that time, the Land Cruiser has sold more than 10 million units, and the family tree has grown upwards and outwards, leading to new variants and models.
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Will Sabel Courtney, Robb Report, 5 Feb. 2026
Their family tree grows each season as new love matches are made—and new grandchildren arrive at the ton.
—Emily Kelleher, InStyle, 30 Jan. 2026
There’s an urge to reconnect with our heritage, and people are undertaking ancestry pilgrimages, combining boots-on-the-ground investigation into family trees and searching for documents in town halls, with discovering the places our ancestors used to call home.
—Alex Ledsom, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026
The Calico paper, for example, relied on data from the genealogy firm Ancestry from family trees involving hundreds of millions of people going back to the 1800s.
—Andrew Joseph, STAT, 29 Jan. 2026
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Will Sabel Courtney, Robb Report, 5 Feb. 2026
Their family tree grows each season as new love matches are made—and new grandchildren arrive at the ton.
—Emily Kelleher, InStyle, 30 Jan. 2026
There’s an urge to reconnect with our heritage, and people are undertaking ancestry pilgrimages, combining boots-on-the-ground investigation into family trees and searching for documents in town halls, with discovering the places our ancestors used to call home.
—Alex Ledsom, Forbes.com, 29 Jan. 2026
The Calico paper, for example, relied on data from the genealogy firm Ancestry from family trees involving hundreds of millions of people going back to the 1800s.
—Andrew Joseph, STAT, 29 Jan. 2026
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 10 Feb. 2026.
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