Ancestry and Effect

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

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Effect is an antonym for ancestry in family history topic.

Nearby Words: ancestor, ancestral, ancestress

Effect noun - A condition or occurrence traceable to a cause.

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Ancestry is an antonym for effect.

full	full ancestry	full effect
exact	exact ancestry	exact effect
similar	similar ancestry	similar effect
common	common ancestry	common effect
Other adjectives: direct, complete, actual, noticeable, possible, different.

Interestingly, he's of German ancestry, not full-blooded, but the effect is the same.

Source: Web Comic / Acid Rain

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Effect and Ancestry. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 15, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/ancestry/effect

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