Synonyms of genealogies

genealogies

noun

plural of genealogy

as in lineages

the line of ancestors from whom a person is descended

has a distinguished genealogy that traces back to William the Conqueror

Synonyms & Similar Words

• lineages
• ancestries
• pedigrees
• origins
• families
• descents
• births
• bloodlines
• extractions
• blood
• breedings
• strains
• family trees
• stocks
• lines
• parentages
• relatives
• successions
• relations
• races
• houses
• kindreds
• heredities
• kins

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• issues
• seed
• offspring
• progenies
• posterities
• sons
• children
• heirs
• successors
• inheritors

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of genealogies

Sometimes, though, these genealogies of behavior can seem beside the point, serving only to dull one’s analysis of the situation. — Jay Caspian Kang, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2026

The scientists’ method reconstructs genealogies, or maps showing where different pieces of DNA came from and how they were passed down, revealing branches of our evolutionary past. — Taylor Nicioli, CNN Money, 26 Aug. 2026

The seal texts often introduced the owners with their names, genealogies, gender, professions and hometowns. — Serdar Yalçin, The Conversation, 3 Nov. 2025

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