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
Their family tree includes their two daughters, Dani Dupree Hamilton (Karla Mosley), a former model, and Nicole Dupree Richardson (Daphnée Duplaix), a psychiatrist; their romantic partners, children, friends and associates.
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Ronda Racha Penrice, HollywoodReporter, 24 June 2025
The Kardashian-Jenners have transformed their expansive family tree into a business empire.
—Grace Gavilanes, People.com, 14 June 2025
There will also be free research material handouts for first-timers looking into their family tree, a story time, book signings and drawings.
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 June 2025
The show explores her ancestors and her surprise at learning, as a young adult, that her family tree bears African roots.
—Lania Berger, The Orlando Sentinel, 21 May 2025
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Ronda Racha Penrice, HollywoodReporter, 24 June 2025
The Kardashian-Jenners have transformed their expansive family tree into a business empire.
—Grace Gavilanes, People.com, 14 June 2025
There will also be free research material handouts for first-timers looking into their family tree, a story time, book signings and drawings.
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 June 2025
The show explores her ancestors and her surprise at learning, as a young adult, that her family tree bears African roots.
—Lania Berger, The Orlando Sentinel, 21 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for family tree
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The results give key findings from over 265 health tests, identify over 365 dog breeds, and provide insights into genetics and ancestry.—
Molly Higgins,
Wired News,
8 July 2025
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In 2017, social media users dragged Blake Lively for claiming to have indigenous ancestry in a L'Oreal Paris makeup commercial.—
Alexis Simmerman,
Austin American Statesman,
2 July 2025
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Edward Monreal, who was partially raised by his aunt Doll, shared stories of his lineage, but never spoke of the fire that claimed his own family.—
William Lee,
Chicago Tribune,
5 July 2025
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Bill Thomas, the inheritor of a lineage that began in 1911, is retiring.—
Ana Gutierrez,
Austin American Statesman,
2 July 2025
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Genetic genealogy: Building the family tree of a serial killer Retiree Barbara Rae-Venter never anticipated that her hobby of researching her family tree would lead to the capture of one of the most notorious criminals in California, the Golden State Killer.—
David Morgan
July 11,
CBS News,
11 July 2025
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The victim was identified through genealogy, and the coroner’s office is waiting on a final report from a private lab before making his ID public, Jellison said.—
Jake Allen,
IndyStar,
2 July 2025
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Often mistaken for gulls at a distance, prions are members of the petrel family and are superb oceanic flyers.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes.com,
12 July 2025
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Corriere Della Sera reported that Riccardo’s father noticed that his son was missing, and the family searched for him for about 40 minutes before one of Riccardo’s younger siblings suggested he might be buried in the sand.—
Toria Sheffield,
People.com,
12 July 2025
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Over the years, there have been banding efforts by researchers to track the travel patterns across breeding populations found in the Caribbean and Yucatan Peninsula.—
Valentina Sandoval,
Miami Herald,
9 July 2025
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The captive breeding programs have already started showing encouraging results, with a rare litter of Arabian leopard triplets being born at the RCU’s Arabian Leopard Conservation Breeding Centre in Taif back in December 2024.—
Indrabati Lahiri,
Forbes.com,
7 July 2025
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No origin story, Gunn’s version begins with Superman having lost his first-ever battle off-camera, back in Metropolis.—
Michael Phillips,
Chicago Tribune,
9 July 2025
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In the eight years since Miller rose to fame and became an outsized antagonist on the American left, his Santa Monica villain origin story has been exhaustively documented, picked over and reanalyzed.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
9 July 2025
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The venture firm Sequoia Capital ranks Palantir experience as the top pedigree for startup founders, for instance.—
Reed Albergotti,
semafor.com,
11 July 2025
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Despite his activity and pedigree as a member of Kill Cliff FC, the UFC moved on from Loosa.—
Brian Mazique,
Forbes.com,
10 July 2025
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Fereshteh Hosseini, an Iranian actress of Afghan descent, was a natural choice for her role due to both her talent and presence.—
Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
10 July 2025
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Today, two-thirds of all Canadians of French descent can trace their lineage to one of these women, widely known as the filles du roi or the King’s Daughters.—
Ann Foster,
JSTOR Daily,
9 July 2025
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“Family tree.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/family%20tree. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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