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| Word | Syllables | Categories |
|---|---|---|
| antecedent | x/xx | Noun, Noun |
| ascendant | x/x | Noun, Noun |
| ancestral | x/x | Adjective |
| forefathers | /xx | Noun |
| forebears | /x | Noun |
| descendants | x/x | Noun |
| ancients | /x | Noun |
| relatives | /xx | Noun |
| descendents | x/x | Noun |
| grandfathers | /xx | Noun |
| progenitors | x/xx | Noun |
| grandparents | /xx | Noun |
| predecessors | /xxx | Noun |
| genealogies | xx/xx | Noun |
| heritage | /xx | Noun |
| lineages | /xxx | Noun |
| family tree | /xx/ | Phrase, Noun |
| extended family | x/x/xx | Phrase, Noun |
| historical | x/xx | Noun |
| generations | xx/x | Noun |
| families | /xx | Noun |
| elders | /x | Noun |
| centuries | /xx | Noun |
| familial | x/x | Adjective |
| hereditary | x/xxx | Adjective |
| legacies | /xx | Noun |
| kinsfolk | /x | Noun |
| natives | /x | Noun |
| grandchildren | /xx | Noun |
| histories | /xx | Noun |
| inheritors | x/xx | Noun |
| traditions | x/x | Noun |
| indigenes | x/x | Noun |
| family name | /xx/ | Phrase, Noun |
| aborigines | xx/xx | Noun |
| immemorial | xx/xx | Noun |
| multigenerational | xxxx/xx | Adjective |
| prehistory | xx/x | Noun |
| bloodlines | /x | Noun |
| spirits | /x | Noun |
| pioneers | xx/ | Noun |
| origins | /xx | Noun |
| aboriginals | xx/xx | Noun |
| genetics | x/x | Noun |
| inheritances | x/xxx | Noun |
| patriarchs | /xx | Noun |
| historically | x/xxx | Adverb |
| intergenerational | xx/x/xx | Adjective |
| indigenous | x/xx | Adjective |
| historicity | x/xxx | Noun |
| historic | x/x | Noun |
| surnames | /x | Noun |
| inhabitants | x/xx | Noun |
| historians | x/xx | Noun |
| primitives | /xx | Noun |
| grandkids | /x | Noun |
| evolutionary | xx/xxx | Noun |
| survivors | x/x | Noun |
| inherited | x/xx | Verb |
| parentage | /xx | Noun |
| colonists | /xx | Noun |
| ancient history | /x/xx | Phrase, Noun |
| haplotypes | /xx | Noun |
| kinship | /x | Noun |
| uncles | /x | Noun |
| phylogenetic | x/x/x | Adjective |
| buddhas | /x | Noun |
| slave | / | Noun |
| apes | / | Noun |
| deified | /xx | Verb, Adjective |
| polynesians | xx/x | Name |
| hominid | /xx | Adjective |
| reptilian | x/x | Adjective |
| totemic | /xx | Adjective |
| manes | / | Noun |
| lineal | /xx | Adjective |
| eponymous | x/xx | Adjective |
| quadruped | x/ | Adjective |
| propitiation | x/x/x | Noun |
| veneration | xx/x | Noun |
| paternal | x/x | Noun, Adjective |
| graves | / | Noun |
| pilgrim | /x | Adjective |
| divinities | x/xx | Noun |
| sainted | /x | Adjective |
| propitiate | x/xx | Verb |
| deceased | x/ | Adjective |
| sapiens | /xx | Noun |
| cannibal | /xx | Adjective |
| remoter | x/x | Adjective |
| anthropoid | xx/ | Adjective |
| illustrious | x/xx | Adjective |
| deities | /xx | Noun |
| revered | x/ | Adjective, Verb |
| primate | /x | Adjective |
| arboreal | x/xx | Adjective |
| ghosts | / | Noun |
| paleolithic | xxx/x | Adjective |
| tombs | / | Noun |
| simian | /xx | Adjective |
| honouring | /xx | Verb |
| honoring | /xx | Verb |
| patrilineal | xx/xx | Adjective |
| puritan | /xx | Adjective |
| bequeathed | x/ | Verb |
| worshiped | /x | Verb |
| busts | / | Noun |
| incas | /x | Name |
| emigrant | /xx | Adjective |
| huguenot | /xx | Adjective |
| maori | /x | Name |
| enslaved | x/ | Adjective |
| gods | / | Noun |
| bipedal | x/x | Adjective |
| antediluvian | /xx/xx | Adjective |
| mammal | /x | Adjective |
| pedigree | /xx | Noun |
| our | /x | Adjective |
| portraits | /x | Noun |
| exploits | /x | Noun |
| cult | / | Noun |
| mummified | /xx | Adjective |
| archetypes | /xx | Noun |
| mythical | /xx | Adjective |
| diverged | x/ | Verb |
| dinosaurs | /xx | Noun |
| prehistoric | xx/x | Adjective |
| skulls | / | Noun |
| posterity | x/xx | Noun |
| teutonic | x/x | Adjective |
| souls | / | Noun |
| authors | /x | Noun |
| descent | x/ | Noun |
| fathers | /x | Noun |
| forerunners | /xx | Noun |
| founders | /x | Noun |
| heroes | /x | Noun |
| kami | /x | Name |
