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
The Voice family tree doesn’t stop there, though.
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Alyssa Davis, PEOPLE, 24 Sep. 2025
This profile gave genealogists a much more detailed look of the woman’s family tree, police said.
—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
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Alyssa Davis, PEOPLE, 24 Sep. 2025
This profile gave genealogists a much more detailed look of the woman’s family tree, police said.
—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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for family tree
Noun
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Mamdani discusses Mazrui in his book, because Transition, the magazine that published him, was founded by Rajat Neogy, who, like Mamdani, was a Ugandan of Indian ancestry, eventually forced into exile.—
Kelefa Sanneh,
New Yorker,
6 Oct. 2025
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Her perky protagonist notably navigated a romantic relationship with vampire Bill Compton and explored the roots of her own fairy ancestry.—
Matt Cabral,
Entertainment Weekly,
4 Oct. 2025
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In other words, humility — more than lineage or fortune — may be the true secret to survival.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
2 Oct. 2025
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Outside his parish, a mosaic of Augustinian saints — including Saint Monica, Clare of Montefalco, and Saint Rita of Cascia — reflects that spiritual lineage.—
Jason DeRose,
NPR,
2 Oct. 2025
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This profile was sent to CBI’s forensic genetic genealogy team, which used it to create new leads in the case, the company said.—
Daniella Segura,
Sacbee.com,
29 Sep. 2025
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The genetic genealogy technique — popularized after the arrest of the Golden State Killer in 2018 — also failed to narrow down a suspect.—
Nate Gartrell,
Mercury News,
29 Sep. 2025
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Dancers and band members from the nearby Edison School of the Arts performed at the grand opening ceremony, where Elanco launched a nutrition program to feed and educate 250 families in the Valley Neighborhood.—
Alysa Guffey,
IndyStar,
2 Oct. 2025
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To find that balance, for myself and my family, I meal-prep about once a week.—
Millie Peartree,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
1 Oct. 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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The rates are based on shipping zones, which are organized from one to nine, with one being the closest and nine being the furthest from the shipping origin.—
Michelle Del Rey,
Louisville Courier Journal,
4 Oct. 2025
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The origins of coffee can be traced to Ethiopia, as far back as the 9th century.—
Lyndsay C. Green,
Freep.com,
3 Oct. 2025
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It’s embossed with a distinctive tire-tread pattern that echoes Lamborghini’s track pedigree.—
Carol Besler,
Robb Report,
3 Oct. 2025
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The Aces have a championship pedigree and enter as slight favorites.—
Ben Verbrugge,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Oct. 2025
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This rapid descent keeps the drone stable in turbulent air and minimizes wind interference.—
Sujita Sinha,
Interesting Engineering,
6 Oct. 2025
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The elder Mamdani grew up in Uganda, in East Africa, in a community of Ugandans of Indian descent, known as the Bayindi, who played a prominent role in the country until Idi Amin expelled them en masse in 1972.—
Kelefa Sanneh,
New Yorker,
6 Oct. 2025
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“Family tree.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/family%20tree. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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