FAMILY TREE Synonyms: 34 Similar and Opposite Words

family tree

noun

Definition of family tree

as in ancestry

the line of ancestors from whom a person is descended his family tree includes writers, musical composers, and other notables in the arts

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Recent Examples of family tree And this is true regardless of their position on the family tree. — Susan Adcox, Parents, 15 Sep. 2026 And the other would plant a powerless family tree that would eventually produce the secretly villainous Tom, bent on revenge for centuries of dispossession. — Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 11 Sep. 2026 YouTubers have made countless hours of videos scrutinizing movements, words, facial expressions, resumes, social media accounts, and family trees. — Elle Reeve, CNN Money, 8 Sep. 2026 If physical gestures serve our relatives just fine, why did our own branch of the family tree gradually favor biological changes in our brains and anatomy that permitted our characteristic complexities in language and precision in speech? — Mike McRae 02, New Atlas, 3 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for family tree

Recent Examples of Synonyms for family tree

Noun

Charland said people can trace their ancestry to the Hales as well as people with an interest in the Hale family genealogy are invited to revisit the family homestead.

— Sean Krofssik, Hartford Courant, 18 Sep. 2026
Today, 55% of the city's residents have Middle Eastern ancestry, and the mayor, police chief, and schools superintendent are all Muslims of Arab descent.

— Niraj Warikoo, Freep.com, 12 Sep. 2026

Definition of ancestry

Noun

That means that a transposon is partly responsible for the months-long process of development in utero that’s typical for our lineage, humans included.

— Jake Buehler, Quanta Magazine, 21 Sep. 2026
Butte Creek holds one of only three fully wild spring-run populations left in the valley, fish with no hatchery in their lineage.

— Sean Macaday, Sacbee.com, 20 Sep. 2026

Definition of lineage

Noun

Those women provided a genealogy of aspirations and ideas from which Kingsolver fashioned herself and her sense of the world.

— Casey Cep, New Yorker, 21 Sep. 2026
Santiago, Clark said, is the first person to be convicted by a jury in New York State because of the use of investigative genetic genealogy.

— Rebecca White, New York Daily News, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of genealogy

Noun

Today, the inn is particularly popular with US history buffs thanks to the town’s origins, as well as cyclists coming from the nearby Empire State Trail.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Sep. 2026
The core Texas Jewish families traced their origins to Western Europe.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 22 Sep. 2026

Definition of origin

Noun

These maritime destinations are a fitting place for Evans’s collection of images handprinted onto heritage yacht sails, each with its own pedigree.

— Laura Dannen Redman, Robb Report, 24 Sep. 2026
Portuando and a fellow broker made a video explaining the home’s Hollywood pedigree.

— Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 23 Sep. 2026

Definition of pedigree

Noun

Woznik is part of Stagg’s tradition with players of Polish descent.

— Patrick Z. McGavin, Chicago Tribune, 23 Sep. 2026
Those of South Asian descent are often seen as having been brought over by the British, while the Chinese are viewed with suspicion due to China’s political interference in Myanmar.

— Andrew Nachemson, The Dial, 22 Sep. 2026