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 family tree Bonner owes a lot to Ford's Rouge Assembly plant in Dearborn.
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Jamie L. Lareau, Freep.com, 16 Oct. 2025
That would help the Marley family tree’s Grammy haul inch closer to 30, after Julian Marley’s 2024 best reggae album win brought the count to 28.
—Kyle Denis, Billboard, 16 Oct. 2025
Why should a little quirk in the family tree, only just discovered, mean everything has to change?
—Deborah Friedell, Vogue, 9 Oct. 2025
Some served as family trees, each loop of hair tagged with a name.
—David Hudnall, Kansas City Star, 6 Oct. 2025
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Jamie L. Lareau, Freep.com, 16 Oct. 2025
That would help the Marley family tree’s Grammy haul inch closer to 30, after Julian Marley’s 2024 best reggae album win brought the count to 28.
—Kyle Denis, Billboard, 16 Oct. 2025
Why should a little quirk in the family tree, only just discovered, mean everything has to change?
—Deborah Friedell, Vogue, 9 Oct. 2025
Some served as family trees, each loop of hair tagged with a name.
—David Hudnall, Kansas City Star, 6 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for family tree
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There were roughly 60,000 people in immigration detention nationwide in both August and September – more than at any time since the United States government interned some 120,000 people, the majority of Japanese citizenship or ancestry, during World War II.—
Lauren Villagran,
USA Today,
19 Oct. 2025
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This is also a wonderful time to connect with your kindred, review the past or look into your ancestry.—
Kyle Thomas,
PEOPLE,
19 Oct. 2025
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That ancient lineage somehow persisted in Europe for millennia before eventually being replaced by modern variants.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
24 Oct. 2025
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Tibetan Buddhists orally transmit tenets in a lineage from the Buddha to the present.—
Nadav Ziv,
Time,
23 Oct. 2025
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There was not enough semen on Ramos to conduct a search using forensic genetic genealogy.—
Amanda Lee Myers,
USA Today,
21 Oct. 2025
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There will be an entertaining genealogy activity and goal setting.—
Linda Mcintosh,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
16 Oct. 2025
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And so the conflict between love, on one side, and faith, family, and tradition reignites, in a season that retraces the arc of its predecessor—and especially its finale—a bit too closely.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
23 Oct. 2025
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But the lack of transparency and due process are similar, and there are few to no guarantees of the safety of people whom ICE agents remove, often without identifying themselves, and move around without notifying the family or lawyers of the detained.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
23 Oct. 2025
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As noted in the release, the Saving Wildcats Conservation Breeding for Release Center is equipped with facilities for breeding, veterinary care and remote monitoring with the goal of preparing wildcats to be released into the wild.—
Moná Thomas,
PEOPLE,
21 Oct. 2025
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Wet leaves that don’t dry out quickly become breeding areas for fungus and bacteria.—
Leanne Potts,
Better Homes & Gardens,
21 Oct. 2025
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Others believe a different origin story.—
Jordy Fee-Platt,
New York Times,
25 Oct. 2025
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Uruguay origins The conference dates back to 2016 and is usually held in Punta del Este in the North American fall.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
24 Oct. 2025
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Certain men who look a certain way and have a certain pedigree can behave imperfectly, to say the least, and still be confirmed into a position of power that has long-reaching consequences.—
Antonia Blyth,
Deadline,
20 Oct. 2025
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His winning pedigree and steady demeanor have become defining traits within the Nuggets’ locker room.—
Evan Dammarell,
MSNBC Newsweek,
20 Oct. 2025
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Just this June, the singer Nezza, who is of Colombian and Dominican descent, was asked to do the national anthem at a Dodgers game.—
Julyssa Lopez,
Rolling Stone,
19 Oct. 2025
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Visitors can get a taste of Southern California’s legendary cultural diversity by exploring unique enclaves like Cambodia Town, a one-mile stretch of businesses and restaurants home to the largest population of people of Cambodian descent outside of Southeast Asia.—
Cu Fleshman,
Travel + Leisure,
18 Oct. 2025
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“Family tree.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/family%20tree. Accessed 27 Oct. 2025.
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