Ancestry
Ancestry noun - The line of ancestors from whom a person is descended.
Usage example: a Cambodian immigrant who can trace her Khmer ancestry as far back as the 16th century
Family tree is a synonym for ancestry. In some cases you can use "Family tree" instead a noun "Ancestry".
Family tree
Family tree noun - The line of ancestors from whom a person is descended.
Usage example: his family tree includes writers, musical composers, and other notables in the arts
Ancestry is a synonym for family tree in lineage topic. You can use "Ancestry" instead a noun phrase "Family tree", if it concerns topics such as genealogical chart.
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Tangled Family Tree: Because of the whole time-travel schtick and Bart's ancestry.
Source: Franchise / The Flash -
Tsukihime reference: The Tohno Family who, due to their non-human ancestry, were a 'cursed' gene pool of insanity, various psychosis, and sanity-decaying superhuman abilities; their family tree was full of suicides, early deaths, disappearances, and the like.
Source: Dysfunctional Family -
Based on the names of her family members she seems to be of Mixed Ancestry, with Italian, Greek and Spanish names popping up on her family tree.
Source: Video Game / The Sims
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