as in lineages
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 trees
The case was built by forensic genetic genealogy — the same science that traced DNA family trees to find the Golden State Killer in California or solve the Yogurt Shop Murders in Austin, Texas.
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Meredith Colias-Pete,
Chicago Tribune,
12 June 2026
The samples helped people discover entirely new family trees and could reveal consequential health information, such as a genetic predisposition to cancer.
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Los Angeles Times,
30 May 2026
The Oscar-winning actress and former Vogue editor-in-chief are related, according to an analysis of family trees and public records done by DNA testing company Ancestry.
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Melina Khan,
USA Today,
2 Apr. 2026
Unfortunately, those answers often appear directly in public family trees.
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Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
18 Mar. 2026
As family trees expand, more stakeholders enter the conversation, and priorities can diverge.
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Belinda G. Schwartz,
Fortune,
7 Mar. 2026
Virtually every previous Scream film has revealed whole new branches of the various characters’ family trees, and this one is no exception.
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David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
27 Feb. 2026
The technology has previously achieved major successes in solving high-profile cold cases by tracing family trees through DNA databases.
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Alexandra Banner,
CNN Money,
19 Feb. 2026
There’s an urge to reconnect with our heritage, and people are undertaking ancestry pilgrimages, combining boots-on-the-ground investigation into family trees and searching for documents in town halls, with discovering the places our ancestors used to call home.
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Alex Ledsom,
Forbes.com,
29 Jan. 2026
Meredith Colias-Pete,
Chicago Tribune,
12 June 2026
The samples helped people discover entirely new family trees and could reveal consequential health information, such as a genetic predisposition to cancer.
—
Los Angeles Times,
30 May 2026
The Oscar-winning actress and former Vogue editor-in-chief are related, according to an analysis of family trees and public records done by DNA testing company Ancestry.
—
Melina Khan,
USA Today,
2 Apr. 2026
Unfortunately, those answers often appear directly in public family trees.
—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
18 Mar. 2026
As family trees expand, more stakeholders enter the conversation, and priorities can diverge.
—
Belinda G. Schwartz,
Fortune,
7 Mar. 2026
Virtually every previous Scream film has revealed whole new branches of the various characters’ family trees, and this one is no exception.
—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
27 Feb. 2026
The technology has previously achieved major successes in solving high-profile cold cases by tracing family trees through DNA databases.
—
Alexandra Banner,
CNN Money,
19 Feb. 2026
There’s an urge to reconnect with our heritage, and people are undertaking ancestry pilgrimages, combining boots-on-the-ground investigation into family trees and searching for documents in town halls, with discovering the places our ancestors used to call home.
—
Alex Ledsom,
Forbes.com,
29 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for family trees
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Because everyone will have access to the same information, AI will accentuate the value of personal connections, again promoting lineages and networks that at their most extreme may appear to be sinister establishment conspiracies.
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Here, however, entire evolutionary lineages may be emerging across archipelagos separated by distances that seem relatively minor on a map.
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Eastern and western ancestries in Karelian Mesolithic dogs suggest that two lineages diverged during the Paleolithic.
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That drops to 49% for Hispanic/Latino patients, 29% for Black patients and even lower for mixed ancestries, the NMDP reports.
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Project Hail Mary’s position will also be tested against new releases from filmmakers with stronger Oscar pedigrees.
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The pedigrees of the players are, of course, very strong.
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The seal texts often introduced the owners with their names, genealogies, gender, professions and hometowns.
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Transcripts, grammars, vocabularies, dictionaries, glyph studies, botanical studies, commentaries, articles, editions of codices, correspondence, maps, charts, drawings, photographs, Maya Society materials, genealogies of Maya families, and Mayan glyphs on moveable type.
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Why money lessons matter before graduation Pimienta, a first-generation college student, said many families are still learning financial literacy on their own.
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Lots of Massachusetts families are like this, with fierce loyalty to either the Nantucket Sound or Cape Cod Bay sides of the Cape.
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The origins of the Fourth of July date back to July 4, 1776, when the United States unanimously adopted the Declaration of Independence.
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Unlike the first two installments, Silo season 3 features a split-timeline narrative that introduces a host of new characters and delves into the mystery of the silo's origins.
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“Family trees.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/family%20trees. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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