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family tree

NOUN
genealogical chart
Synonyms
WEAK
ancestral tree ancestry bloodline descent family history genealogical chart genealogical tree genealogy heredity line lineage pedigree stemma tree

Example Sentences

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By building a genetic family tree and tracking how lineages spread between regions, they were able to estimate when different groups diverged.

From Science Daily • Apr. 9, 2026

He joined Team Italy in 2023 to honor his Italian grandfather, then spent the next few years championing the squad to anyone he could find with an Italian branch on their family tree.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 13, 2026

Lungfish represent an extremely ancient branch of the vertebrate family tree.

From Science Daily • Mar. 12, 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

‘Better yet, what if they’re family? What if I’ve finally got a load of names for my family tree?’

From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler