Synonyms of ancestry

ancestry

noun

as in lineage

the line of ancestors from whom a person is descended

a Cambodian immigrant who can trace her Khmer ancestry as far back as the 16th century

Synonyms & Similar Words

• lineage
• genealogy
• origin
• pedigree
• descent
• family
• breeding
• blood
• extraction
• birth
• parentage
• bloodline
• stock
• strain
• family tree
• line
• relatives
• heredity
• race
• relations
• succession
• house
• kin
• kindred

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• progeny
• issue
• seed
• posterity
• offspring
• child
• son
• heir
• successor
• inheritor