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
This profile gave genealogists a much more detailed look of the woman’s family tree, police said.
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Daniella Segura, Sacbee.com, 17 Sep. 2025
Family doesn’t just include people in your very extensive family tree.
—Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 15 Sep. 2025
For a year and a half, the detectives first approached a large volume of low-match DNA results which could be traced back to existing American family trees.
—Claire Lempert, ABC News, 12 Sep. 2025
Some genetic studies suggest that the American lion diverged from the Eurasian cave lion lineage about 340,000 years ago, forming a unique North American branch of the lion family tree.
—Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
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Daniella Segura, Sacbee.com, 17 Sep. 2025
Family doesn’t just include people in your very extensive family tree.
—Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 15 Sep. 2025
For a year and a half, the detectives first approached a large volume of low-match DNA results which could be traced back to existing American family trees.
—Claire Lempert, ABC News, 12 Sep. 2025
Some genetic studies suggest that the American lion diverged from the Eurasian cave lion lineage about 340,000 years ago, forming a unique North American branch of the lion family tree.
—Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for family tree
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It’s estimated to affect up to 7 in 100,000 people, most often of European ancestry, and appears to be less common among other groups.—
Jacqueline Howard,
CNN Money,
24 Sep. 2025
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Marcie was given a DNA test to find out more about her ancestry, and the results blew Landerman away.—
Alyce Collins,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Sep. 2025
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What’s notable about the iPhone’s entry into that lineage is that … almost nobody noticed.—
Jacob Feldman,
Sportico.com,
26 Sep. 2025
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Once a marker of lineage and tradition, a pinky ring is now the perfect platform on which its wearer signals their personal style—a tiny stage for diamonds, stacks, or just a single, simple gold band.—
Malaika Crawford,
Vogue,
25 Sep. 2025
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The arbitrary nature of torture places the text in the long genealogy of the captivity narrative; if there is a degree of the adventure yarn in the tale, than there is also something of an Arthur Koestler or an Alexander Solzhenitsyn as well.—
Ed Simon
September 22,
Literary Hub,
22 Sep. 2025
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While there were likely about four eggs in its clutch, or the group of eggs that were laid at the same time, there is no evidence to support any other existing hybrid jays of the same genealogy.—
Julia Jacobo,
ABC News,
22 Sep. 2025
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Has the cost of housing weighed on your—or your family members'—decision to have children?—
Giulia Carbonaro,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Sep. 2025
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Decades after Sam Cooke sang about a shift on the horizon, his family and supporters are making sure that promise remains alive.—
Okla Jones,
Essence,
24 Sep. 2025
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The infant’s parents, who came to the zoo in 2021 with the intention of breeding, welcomed female Fera in 2024.—
Brian Anthony Hernandez,
PEOPLE,
27 Sep. 2025
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The Fort Worth Zoo launched an Asian elephant breeding program in 1986 and spearheaded a conservation organization known as the International Elephant Foundation in 1998.—
Harriet Ramos,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
26 Sep. 2025
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Alejandro and his band embrace bomba even more here, dedicating the album’s opener to the genre and leaning into its Afro-Puerto Rican origins and ties to African religions.—
Juan J. Arroyo,
Rolling Stone,
26 Sep. 2025
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The festival celebrates the Milwaukee origins of the universal, yet inefficient QWERTY keyboard in worldwide use.—
Angelika Ytuarte,
jsonline.com,
26 Sep. 2025
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Ely Lodge, a 209-acre estate in Northern Ireland’s County Fermanagh, positioned along the southern shores of Lower Lough Erne, has both—and then some—but what really sets it apart is its extraordinary pedigree and centuries of colorful history.—
Abby Montanez,
Robb Report,
25 Sep. 2025
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But with his pedigree, he’ll be counted on to do more.—
Julian McKenzie,
New York Times,
24 Sep. 2025
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When Manes arrived, Bukele, the son of a wealthy executive of Palestinian descent, was mayor of San Salvador.—
T. Christian Miller,
ProPublica,
30 Sep. 2025
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This includes more than 52,000 Michigan residents of Filipino descent, per Census Bureau data.—
Jenna Prestininzi,
Freep.com,
26 Sep. 2025
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“Family tree.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/family%20tree. Accessed 1 Oct. 2025.
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