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 For centuries, genealogists have used paper records to build family trees. — Chris Boyette, CNN Money, 25 July 2026 In April 2026, the couple expanded the Murphy-Lawrence family tree, welcoming their first child, Ari Skye. — Ayana Herndon, InStyle, 25 July 2026 Though these relationships have been mended, Blair does have other family tree connections in mind for the future of the show. — Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 23 July 2026 The family trees here have a lot of branches and some of them are a bit rotten. — Randy Myers, Mercury News, 16 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for family tree

Recent Examples of Synonyms for family tree

Noun

Okada also has Japanese ancestry but none of that is the issue.

— Armando Salguero OutKick, FOXNews.com, 13 Aug. 2026
Hough also said some of his ancestry can be traced to those who fought in the American Revolution.

— Joe Marusak, Charlotte Observer, 12 Aug. 2026

Definition of ancestry

Noun

In 2025, the Medical Examiner’s Office submitted some biological evidence to Othram, a laboratory near Houston, for a forensic genetic genealogy analysis.

— Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Aug. 2026
After 50 years, the case was re-examined by the Regional Cold Case Homicide Team, who used advances in forensic science, which included forensic investigative genetic genealogy.

— Dean Fioresi, CBS News, 12 Aug. 2026

Definition of genealogy

Noun

Medicaid, the federal-state program that covers healthcare for low-income families, pays for at least 40% of births nationwide.

— Andrew Jones, CNN Money, 17 Aug. 2026
Roman said the question will be if the defense focuses on their own psychiatric experts right away, or Clancy's friends and family to humanize her to the jurors.

— Aaron Parseghian, CBS News, 17 Aug. 2026

Definition of family

Noun

The area supports mangroves and seagrass beds that provide food, shelter and breeding habitat.

— Monica Sanders, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026
Many research dogs come from commercial breeding facilities regulated under the federal Animal Welfare Act as well as state animal-welfare and licensing laws.

— Adam Yamaguchi, CBS News, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of breeding

Noun

However, the notion of the emperor’s divine origins strengthened during the Meiji era, when the concept of State Shinto arose.

— ABC News, ABC News, 14 Aug. 2026
Experts suspect the hackers are from China, but neither Taiwan, nor Dream would confirm the origin of the July attacks.

— John Liu, CNN Money, 13 Aug. 2026

Definition of origin

Noun

Early life and family Thiam was born in Côte d’Ivoire, the youngest of seven children in a family with a political pedigree.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 13 Aug. 2026
In the end, though, most families prioritize price and proximity over pedigree.

— Daniel de Visé, USA Today, 12 Aug. 2026

Definition of pedigree

Noun

In the second decade of the twentieth century—a period that became known as la Matanza—the killing of residents of Mexican descent was commonplace along the United States’ southern border.

— Stephania Taladrid, New Yorker, 13 Aug. 2026
Trump and his allies have used the scheme to target Walz’s Democratic administration and the state’s Somali community, as some of the defendants are of Somali descent.

— Sara Dorn, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026