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
Laurence Fishburne couldn’t help but get emotional while learning more about a previously unknown branch of his family tree on Finding Your Roots.
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Emlyn Travis, EW.com, 8 Apr. 2025
Many users want to trace their family trees, not necessarily help solve crimes.
—Michael Ruiz, Fox News, 9 Mar. 2025
While the Dutton family tree has been expanding, so has that of the Rainwaters, of the fictional Broken Rock Tribe that continues on through present day in the Yellowstone flagship series.
—Jackie Strause, HollywoodReporter, 7 Apr. 2025
There’s also the matter of obsessively plotting the Dutton family tree.
—Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 6 Apr. 2025
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Emlyn Travis, EW.com, 8 Apr. 2025
Many users want to trace their family trees, not necessarily help solve crimes.
—Michael Ruiz, Fox News, 9 Mar. 2025
While the Dutton family tree has been expanding, so has that of the Rainwaters, of the fictional Broken Rock Tribe that continues on through present day in the Yellowstone flagship series.
—Jackie Strause, HollywoodReporter, 7 Apr. 2025
There’s also the matter of obsessively plotting the Dutton family tree.
—Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 6 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for family tree
Noun
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And realizing that these women, this culture, this practice is actually a part of my ancestry, too.—
DeMicia Inman,
VIBE.com,
17 Apr. 2025
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The effort will require tracing the ancestry of remipedes and other crustaceans, as well as searching for insects in the fossil record—both from new fossil sites and perhaps miscategorized fossils already in collections.—
Riley Black,
Smithsonian Magazine,
9 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Scientists urged conservation efforts to save the unique lineage.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
25 Apr. 2025
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After the Challenger accident in 1986, NASA launched most of its satellites on expendable rockets, like the Atlas, Delta, and Titan launch vehicles that traced their lineages to the 1950s.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
24 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Capri, on the other hand, has a much shorter genealogy.—
Vanessa Friedman,
New York Times,
10 Apr. 2025
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How Are Cory Booker and RuPaul Related? Booker and RuPaul first learned they were related during an episode of the PBS genealogy series Finding Your Roots in October 2020.—
Lee Habeeb,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Apr. 2025
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The Greenville, South Carolina, man is survived by his wife and two children, according to an attorney hired by his family.—
Jeanine Santucci,
USA Today,
20 Apr. 2025
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The family heard plates and glasses shatter — and then boots stomping up the stairs.—
Christina Goldbaum,
New York Times,
20 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Diego was immediately flown back to the Galápagos to join a last-ditch breeding program in 1977.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes.com,
27 Apr. 2025
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Since the org partnered with Three Camel Lodge in 2020 to expand the breeding program, visitors to the camp can meet the stoic (but still quite cute and fluffy) guardian dogs.—
AFAR Media,
AFAR Media,
25 Apr. 2025
Noun
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There’s at least one major shoe that could drop — why devote an entire episode to the Gemstone origin story if that gold Bible isn’t going to pay off somehow? — but The Righteous Gemstones loves these grotesque, dysfunctional louts.—
Scott Tobias,
Vulture,
28 Apr. 2025
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Columbus was a stand-in for the nation’s hagiographic origin story, much like the Mayflower or its Western pioneers.—
Philip Elliott,
Time,
28 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Manning has the obvious pedigree and off-field intangibles; he’s also got ideal size, accuracy to layer the ball all around the field, decision-making ability, speed and running power.—
Jeff Howe,
New York Times,
30 Apr. 2025
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The 46-year-old chairman has a strong conservative pedigree.—
Meg James,
Los Angeles Times,
28 Apr. 2025
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It’s been a stunning descent for Combs, who became a billionaire after building a business empire that encompassed a record label and media properties, a clothing line, restaurants and liquor brands.—
Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
26 Apr. 2025
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Goldstein launched The Second Best Night of Your Life tour in 2023, now a 63-minute descent into his mind available for home viewing.—
Erin Jensen,
USA Today,
26 Apr. 2025
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“Family tree.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/family%20tree. Accessed 3 May. 2025.
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