Family tree
Family tree noun - The line of ancestors from whom a person is descended.
History and family tree are semantically related. In some cases you can use "History" instead a noun phrase "Family tree".
History
History noun - An account of important events in the order in which they happened.
Family tree and history are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Family tree" instead a noun "History".
Mutual synonyms
Both terms in one sentence
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Noted for its long plotline and character history, and a family tree of thousands of cats.
Source: Roleplay / Warrior Cats RPG -
He shows the authors his family tree, which is full of similar identical descendants who were all great warriors in different eras of French history, including a knight who fought the English at the Battle of Hastings, a Crusader, a privateer, a Napoleonic ship captain, and so on.
Source: Generation Xerox -
When Lisa is researching the family history in the episode "The Color Yellow", hoping to discover a Simpson in her family tree that was not an alcoholic, criminal, or sexual fetishist, one of the newspaper articles refers to "Bart-Beard the Pirate".
Source: Captain Colorbeard
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History and Family tree. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 03, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/family_tree/history
Family tree & History. N.p., 2016. Web. 03 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/family_tree/history>.
History or Family tree. 2016. Accessed August 03, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/family_tree/history.
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