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ancestry

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of ancestry

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 of ancestry

birth, blood, bloodline, breeding, descent, extraction, family tree, genealogy, line, lineage, origin, parentage, pedigree, stock, strain

Words Related to ancestry

heredity, succession

kin, kindred, relations, relatives

Near Antonyms of ancestry

child, heir, inheritor, son, successor

Antonyms of ancestry

issue, posterity, progeny, seed

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