Ancestors and Lineage

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Lineage and ancestors are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Lineage" instead a noun "Ancestors".

Lineage noun - The line of ancestors from whom a person is descended.

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Ancestors and lineage are semantically related. You can use "Ancestors" instead a noun "Lineage".

Nearby Word: line

It is very likely he has generations of military traditions and an unbroken lineage of soldiers in his family, and his genetic ancestors may have been knights in shining armour.

Source: Officer and a Gentleman
Although that does pose the question of whether or not all of a redheads' ancestors who didn't have red hair happened to be of Cain's lineage and, if they aren't, how the hell that works.

Source: Red-Headed Stepchild
Heroic Lineage: Lampshaded by Gandalf, when he notes the entire Fellowship has famous ancestors of one form or another.

Source: Fanfic / The Wizard in the Shadows

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