family tree
Example Sentences
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The result was a model of human evolution that replaces a clean family tree with something more like a network of deeply connected branches.
From Science Daily • Apr. 26, 2026
From there, investigators can sometimes find distant relatives to help piece together a family tree that can point to a suspect.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 19, 2026
Now, that long established branch of the dinosaur family tree has gained a surprising new member.
From Science Daily • Feb. 18, 2026
A family tree hangs in the boardroom and some of the company’s oldest weapons, including a musket from 1830, are displayed in an archive of more than 1,500 pieces.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 16, 2026
My dad has a goat skin with all the family tree on it.
From "Everything Sad Is Untrue" by Daniel Nayeri
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