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the line of ancestors from whom a person is descended
a Cambodian immigrant who can trace her Khmer ancestry as far back as the 16th century
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Recent Examples of ancestries
In a small number of cases, similar ancestries were grouped together.
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Albert Sun,
New York Times,
2 July 2026
Eastern and western ancestries in Karelian Mesolithic dogs suggest that two lineages diverged during the Paleolithic.
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Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
30 Mar. 2026
That drops to 49% for Hispanic/Latino patients, 29% for Black patients and even lower for mixed ancestries, the NMDP reports.
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Melissa Rudy,
FOXNews.com,
20 Mar. 2026
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.
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David Alvarado,
Time,
15 Dec. 2025
This lack of representation is problematic for people of different ancestries because genetic risk factors differ across populations.
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Rachel Nuwer,
Scientific American,
14 Oct. 2025
The box covers the most popular classes and ancestries such as humans, elves, dwarves and halflings.
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Rob Wieland,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
Albert Sun,
New York Times,
2 July 2026
Eastern and western ancestries in Karelian Mesolithic dogs suggest that two lineages diverged during the Paleolithic.
—
Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
30 Mar. 2026
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
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
This lack of representation is problematic for people of different ancestries because genetic risk factors differ across populations.
—
Rachel Nuwer,
Scientific American,
14 Oct. 2025
The box covers the most popular classes and ancestries such as humans, elves, dwarves and halflings.
—
Rob Wieland,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ancestries
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Because everyone will have access to the same information, AI will accentuate the value of personal connections, again promoting lineages and networks that at their most extreme may appear to be sinister establishment conspiracies.
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Here, however, entire evolutionary lineages may be emerging across archipelagos separated by distances that seem relatively minor on a map.
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Project Hail Mary’s position will also be tested against new releases from filmmakers with stronger Oscar pedigrees.
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The pedigrees of the players are, of course, very strong.
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The seal texts often introduced the owners with their names, genealogies, gender, professions and hometowns.
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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.
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The origins of the Fourth of July date back to July 4, 1776, when the United States unanimously adopted the Declaration of Independence.
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Unlike the first two installments, Silo season 3 features a split-timeline narrative that introduces a host of new characters and delves into the mystery of the silo's origins.
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“Ancestries.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ancestries. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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