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
The team reconstructed the crocodilian family tree and placed Deinosuchus on a lineage that split off before the last common ancestor of modern alligators and crocodiles.
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Sara Hashemi, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Apr. 2025
However, a new analysis of fossils, along with DNA from living crocodilians such as alligators and crocodiles, suggests Deinosuchus belongs on a different part of the crocodilian family tree.
—Mindy Weisberger, CNN Money, 23 Apr. 2025
The family tree itself is still being pieced together, with genera like Madtsoia, Wonambi, and Sanajeh adding to a tangled, global puzzle.
—Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 22 Apr. 2025
New studies point to different evolutionary origins of the brain structures that allow for this kind of thinking in entirely different parts of our family tree.
—The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 15 Apr. 2025
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Sara Hashemi, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Apr. 2025
However, a new analysis of fossils, along with DNA from living crocodilians such as alligators and crocodiles, suggests Deinosuchus belongs on a different part of the crocodilian family tree.
—Mindy Weisberger, CNN Money, 23 Apr. 2025
The family tree itself is still being pieced together, with genera like Madtsoia, Wonambi, and Sanajeh adding to a tangled, global puzzle.
—Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 22 Apr. 2025
New studies point to different evolutionary origins of the brain structures that allow for this kind of thinking in entirely different parts of our family tree.
—The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 15 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for family tree
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People of Mexican ancestry who live in border counties along the Rio Grande, for example, are likely more hawkish on immigration than, say, a Dominican American in Washington Heights in NYC.—
Martha McHardy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
13 June 2025
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People with African ancestry tend to have high porosity hair.12 Also, people with gray hair or light-colored hair and people of older age are more likely to have highly porous hair.12 Characteristics of High Porosity Hair High porosity hair can have various characteristics.—
Sherri Gordon,
Health,
4 June 2025
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Previous studies have proven the existence of two lineages, northern Native American and southern Native American, which developed after people first arrived on the continent across an ice bridge from Siberia and started to move south.—
Jack Guy,
CNN Money,
11 June 2025
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What has that looked like in practice, sharing the history, sonic lineages, and socio-political context involved in the making of electronic music?—
Lisa Deaderick,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
7 June 2025
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In 2022, the DNA Doe Project started fundraising to use Bone Lake Jane Doe’s DNA to conduct forensic investigative genetic genealogy.—
Sarah Dahlberg,
NBC news,
12 June 2025
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For the love of genealogy, couldn’t it just have been passed on to another member of the family or lived out its life in the basement?—
Sherry Kuehl,
Kansas City Star,
11 June 2025
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While Georgia is thankful to be free and reunited with her family, the press around the murder and the trial will nevertheless affect the family's future.—
Randall Colburn,
EW.com,
7 June 2025
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Next was dad Harry following closely behind as his little princess met a Disney Princess, before the family was photographed going up a log flume ride at Tiana's Bayou Adventure.—
Angel Saunders,
People.com,
7 June 2025
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Zoo officials will continue their breeding and conservation programs with a focus on sustaining endangered reptilian species.—
Hollie Silverman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
15 June 2025
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The state officially entered the second phase of its wolf conservation efforts this spring, after four breeding pairs of wolves had pups who survived through December two years in a row.—
Sharon Bernstein,
Sacbee.com,
11 June 2025
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In conversation with Forbes Life, Stoddard speaks about her travels during her research, the origins of ralli and the future of this age-old, beautiful craft.—
Sonya Rehman,
Forbes.com,
15 June 2025
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The movie charts the influential British rock group's origin story in the late 1960s, from their earliest days – and how everybody wasn't all about that now-iconic name – to their meteoric rise as one of the world's biggest bands.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
14 June 2025
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An entertainer's dream and rare waterfront offering—experience luxury lake living with a championship pedigree.—
Saajan Jogia,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 June 2025
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Led by Messi, a classy pedigree Miami has lived up to that billing — luring star players such as former Real Madrid forward Gonzalo Higuaín and eventually landing the biggest of them all two years ago when signing Messi.—
James Robson,
Chicago Tribune,
14 June 2025
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Begin the descent into the canyon, which is shaded by eucalyptus trees.—
Maura Fox,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
16 June 2025
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How Ramesh survived the descent is still a miraculous mystery.—
Jessica Schladebeck,
New York Daily News,
13 June 2025
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“Family tree.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/family%20tree. Accessed 20 Jun. 2025.
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