Ancestry
Ancestry noun - The line of ancestors from whom a person is descended.
Family history and ancestry are semantically related In some cases you can use "Family history" instead a noun "Ancestry".
Family history
Family history noun - Part of a patient's medical history in which questions are asked in an attempt to find out whether the patient has hereditary tendencies toward particular diseases.
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Synonyms for Family history
Ancestry and family history are semantically related in genealogical chart topic. Sometimes you can use "Ancestry" instead a noun phrase "Family history".
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Related pairs
- race and ancestry
- race and family history
- kindred and ancestry
- kindred and family history
- origin and ancestry
- origin and family history
- heritage and ancestry
- heritage and family history
- stock and ancestry
- stock and family history
- breed and ancestry
- breed and family history
- line and ancestry
- line and family history
Both terms in one sentence
- Though the name probably originated from someone in their distant family history who was Ashkenazi, generations later, they're more likely to have predominantly Sephardi ancestry from southern Europe or the Ottoman Empire.
Source: All Jews Are Ashkenazi
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Family history and Ancestry. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 31, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/ancestry/family_history
Ancestry & Family history. N.p., 2016. Web. 31 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/ancestry/family_history>.
Family history or Ancestry. 2016. Accessed July 31, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/ancestry/family_history.
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