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genealogy

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of genealogy

the line of ancestors from whom a person is descended

has a distinguished genealogy that traces back to William the Conqueror

Synonyms of genealogy

ancestry, birth, blood, bloodline, breeding, descent, extraction, family tree, line, lineage, origin, parentage, pedigree, stock, strain

Words Related to genealogy

heredity, succession

kin, kindred, relations, relatives

Near Antonyms of genealogy

child, heir, inheritor, son, successor

Antonyms of genealogy

issue, posterity, progeny, seed

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