Successive generations of kin.
synonym: family tree.
Roget 69:
continuity;
consecution,
consecutiveness
etc.
adj.;
succession,
round,
suite,
progression,
series,
train chain;
catenation,
concatenation;
scale;
gradation,
course;
ceaselessness,
constant flow,
unbroken extent.
procession,
column;
retinue,
cortege,
cavalcade,
rank and file,
line of battle,
array.
pedigree,
genealogy,
lineage,
race;
ancestry,
descent,
family,
house;
line,
line of ancestors;
strain.
rank,
file,
line,
row,
range,
tier,
string,
thread,
team;
suit;
colonnade.
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Roget 166:
paternity;
parentage;
consanguinity
etc.
11.
parent;
father,
sire,
dad,
papa,
paterfamilias,
abba†;
genitor,
progenitor,
procreator;
ancestor;
grandsire†,
grandfather;
great-grandfather;
fathership†,
fatherhood;
mabap†.
house,
stem,
trunk,
tree,
stock,
stirps,
pedigree,
lineage,
line,
family,
tribe,
sept,
race,
clan;
genealogy,
descent,
extraction,
birth,
ancestry;
forefathers,
forbears,
patriarchs.
motherhood,
maternity;
mother,
dam,
mamma,
materfamilias [Lat.],
grandmother.
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Dutch: familiekunde, genealogie, geslachtkunde
Polish: drzewo genealogiczne
The study or investigation of ancestry and family history.
Dutch: parenteel, kwartierstaat, stamboom
Polish: genealogia