lineage

Example Sentences

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It's believed that he was not only aristocratic but that he had royal lineage.

From BBC

Just as Kim Jong Un has dressed to echo his predecessors, the sartorial symmetry underscores his daughter’s connection to the “Mount Paektu bloodline”—those with a direct lineage to North Korean founder Kim Il Sung.

From The Wall Street Journal

Next, they examined how sponge skeletons developed over time and discovered that spicules arose independently in separate sponge lineages.

From Science Daily

Branded as "danmei" - or indulgence in beauty - the genre is part of a beloved lineage of gay romance that has long catered to female fantasy.

From BBC

But it is unclear if those men would be willing to give up their careers and freedom to continue the lineage.

From Barron's