Ancestry and Issue

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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
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Issue is an antonym for ancestry.
Nearby Words: ancestor, ancestral, ancestress

Issue

Issue noun - A condition or occurrence traceable to a cause.
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Ancestry is an antonym for issue.
Nearby Words: issued, issuing, issuance, issuer
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full full ancestry full issue
similar similar ancestry similar issue
common common ancestry common issue
actual actual ancestry actual issue
Other adjectives: entire, famous, possible, different, recent.

Both words in one sentence

  • Suddenly Ethnicity It wasn't until the third issue that we learned his mother is Mexican and that he's of partial Latino ancestry.
    Source: Suddenly Ethnicity
  • Series / Defiance It lampshades the fact that this should only be possible with some kind of common ancestry, and says the issue hasn't been properly studied due to a general lack of medical research in 2046.
    Source: Series / Defiance
  • Bob murders Alice, because Bob had an issue with Alice's race, color, ancestry, religion, national origin, or sexual orientation.
    Source: Useful Notes / Three Degrees Of Murder
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