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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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.
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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
But Tanzanian tree toads face more pressing concerns than which goes where in the Nectophrynoides family tree.
—Mindy Weisberger, CNN Money, 13 Nov. 2025
The discovery helped open the door to more recent developments such as tinkering with the genetic makeup of living things, treating disease by inserting genes into patients, identifying human remains and criminal suspects from DNA samples, and tracing family trees and ancient human ancestors.
—Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 9 Nov. 2025
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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
But Tanzanian tree toads face more pressing concerns than which goes where in the Nectophrynoides family tree.
—Mindy Weisberger, CNN Money, 13 Nov. 2025
The discovery helped open the door to more recent developments such as tinkering with the genetic makeup of living things, treating disease by inserting genes into patients, identifying human remains and criminal suspects from DNA samples, and tracing family trees and ancient human ancestors.
—Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 9 Nov. 2025
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“Family tree.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/family%20tree. Accessed 1 Dec. 2025.
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