Examples of family tree in a Sentence
A framed family tree hung on the wall.
his family tree includes writers, musical composers, and other notables in the arts
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In the case of Edwards, Beaumont detective Tina Lewallen and genetic genealogist Shera LaPoint helped create a family tree that led to a suspect named Clayton Foreman, who had grown up in Beaumont and attended the same high school as the victim, Edwards.
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Paige Harriss, ABC News, 7 Mar. 2025
Investigators identified him as a suspect, in part, after comparing the DNA profile on the knife sheath to those filed in consumer databases and building a family tree.
—Mike Baker, New York Times, 7 Mar. 2025
The $25,000 offering will see a genealogist build the nominee’s family tree back several generations and then walk them and their family through the findings.
$305 worth of skincare products from Swiss brand INSTYTUTUM.
—Nicolas Vega, CNBC, 28 Feb. 2025
Since 1962, the family has been selling Canadian balsam fir trees that were grown then shipped from their family tree farm in Nova Scotia.
—Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 27 Feb. 2025
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Paige Harriss, ABC News, 7 Mar. 2025
Investigators identified him as a suspect, in part, after comparing the DNA profile on the knife sheath to those filed in consumer databases and building a family tree.
—Mike Baker, New York Times, 7 Mar. 2025
The $25,000 offering will see a genealogist build the nominee’s family tree back several generations and then walk them and their family through the findings.
$305 worth of skincare products from Swiss brand INSTYTUTUM.
—Nicolas Vega, CNBC, 28 Feb. 2025
Since 1962, the family has been selling Canadian balsam fir trees that were grown then shipped from their family tree farm in Nova Scotia.
—Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 27 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for family tree
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“Family tree.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/family%20tree. Accessed 14 Mar. 2025.
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