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
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.
—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
The Calico paper, for example, relied on data from the genealogy firm Ancestry from family trees involving hundreds of millions of people going back to the 1800s.
—Andrew Joseph, STAT, 29 Jan. 2026
Gone are the elaborate opening credits that trace geography and family trees to guide viewers overwhelmed by exposition.
—Alison Herman, Variety, 13 Jan. 2026
Through shows like Finding Your Roots and 2 Lies & a Leaf, and with the latest advancements in genealogical studies, many A-listers have delved into their family trees and learned about their distant relatives.
—Brendan Le, PEOPLE, 6 Jan. 2026
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
The Calico paper, for example, relied on data from the genealogy firm Ancestry from family trees involving hundreds of millions of people going back to the 1800s.
—Andrew Joseph, STAT, 29 Jan. 2026
Gone are the elaborate opening credits that trace geography and family trees to guide viewers overwhelmed by exposition.
—Alison Herman, Variety, 13 Jan. 2026
Through shows like Finding Your Roots and 2 Lies & a Leaf, and with the latest advancements in genealogical studies, many A-listers have delved into their family trees and learned about their distant relatives.
—Brendan Le, PEOPLE, 6 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for family trees
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And that’s exciting for artists who make music in a way that utilizes the superpowers and traditions and lineages that have been left by our ancestors for hundreds of years.—
George Varga,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
22 Mar. 2026
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This form of biological clock mechanism appears even in ancient lineages, including sponges and some jellyfish.—
Marlowe Starling,
Quanta Magazine,
20 Mar. 2026
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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.—
Melissa Rudy,
FOXNews.com,
20 Mar. 2026
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But many Chicanos trace their lineage to indigenous peoples who survived Spanish colonization, often carrying mixed indigenous, Spanish, and other ancestries, a testament to survival and cultural fusion.—
David Alvarado,
Time,
15 Dec. 2025
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The indictment also accused the men of purchasing the counterfeit prescription drugs without proper paperwork, known as T3s/pedigrees, and reselling them to pharmacy customers.—
Jay Weaver,
Miami Herald,
16 Mar. 2026
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All three are Nordic countries with populations above 5 million and strong winter sport pedigrees — Norway most of all.—
Peter Baugh,
New York Times,
19 Feb. 2026
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The seal texts often introduced the owners with their names, genealogies, gender, professions and hometowns.—
Serdar Yalçin,
The Conversation,
3 Nov. 2025
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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.—
The Editors,
JSTOR Daily,
12 Sep. 2025
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Our families had to wait until democracy was restored in 1999 before asking the government to locate the grave.—
Noo Saro-Wiwa,
The Dial,
24 Mar. 2026
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Buchsbaum described a mid-20th-century American Jewish landscape in which nearly every community had kosher butchers and caterers because even many non-Orthodox families expected bar mitzvahs, weddings and other celebrations to be kosher.—
Asaf Elia-Shalev,
Sun Sentinel,
23 Mar. 2026
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Board president Ananyaa Ravi said the festival had grown well beyond its origins as an annual event.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
26 Mar. 2026
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The origins of the rocket NASA is relying on to win that race, the Space Launch System, have been rooted in politics from the beginning.—
Denise Chow,
NBC news,
26 Mar. 2026
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