as in ancestry
the line of ancestors from whom a person is descended
his family tree includes writers, musical composers, and other notables in the arts
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Recent Examples of family tree
Previous episodes of the show have turned up similarly dramatic and emotional reveals for other celebrities looking into their family trees.
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Shania Russell, EW.com, 27 Mar. 2025
My top recommendation for families is a stay in the family tree house suite.
—Maya Kachroo-Levine, Travel + Leisure, 18 Mar. 2025
Debra Messing and Melanie Lynskey's family trees just expanded to include some surprising familiar faces.
—Julia Moore, People.com, 26 Feb. 2025
Laurence Fishburne couldn’t help but get emotional while learning more about a previously unknown branch of his family tree on Finding Your Roots.
—Emlyn Travis, EW.com, 8 Apr. 2025
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Shania Russell, EW.com, 27 Mar. 2025
My top recommendation for families is a stay in the family tree house suite.
—Maya Kachroo-Levine, Travel + Leisure, 18 Mar. 2025
Debra Messing and Melanie Lynskey's family trees just expanded to include some surprising familiar faces.
—Julia Moore, People.com, 26 Feb. 2025
Laurence Fishburne couldn’t help but get emotional while learning more about a previously unknown branch of his family tree on Finding Your Roots.
—Emlyn Travis, EW.com, 8 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for family tree
Noun
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Customers send vials of their saliva to 23andMe for results on ancestry and health.—
Ella Gonzales,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
7 Apr. 2025
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In Kevin Nguyen’s gripping novel, the U.S. government sets up internment camps for citizens of Vietnamese ancestry following a wave of terrorist attacks.—
Meg Zukin,
Los Angeles Times,
5 Apr. 2025
Noun
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The results, Shapiro says, show the dire wolf was the result of hybridization between two ancient, now extinct canid lineages.—
Andrea Thompson,
Scientific American,
8 Apr. 2025
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Viewers know that someone named John will continue the Dutton lineage, eventually leading to Kevin Costner’s John III of the flagship series.—
Jackie Strause,
HollywoodReporter,
7 Apr. 2025
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Barak said the companies' downfall was due to market saturation, fewer consumers interested in recreational genealogy and rising consumer wariness about how their sensitive data is handled.—
Sarah Rumpf-Whitten,
FOXNews.com,
27 Mar. 2025
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For starters, the gene chips quickly became commodities, allowing a large range of competitors to enter the field, some of which had stronger backgrounds in things like linking genealogies to public records.—
John Timmer,
Ars Technica,
24 Mar. 2025
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Enjoy classic chicken alfredo in an easy casserole recipe that will feed the whole family on busy weeknights.—
Katlyn Moncada,
Better Homes & Gardens,
11 Mar. 2025
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But the two families fell out over a power struggle.—
Chad de Guzman,
TIME,
11 Mar. 2025
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The species was most commonly found along the shores of Newfoundland and in parts of Nova Scotia, although its breeding habits remain poorly documented.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes.com,
13 Apr. 2025
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Dump out the water, which mimics the natural process of a breeding pond drying out before a tadpole can metamorphosize into a frog, says Johnson.—
Arricca Elin SanSone,
Southern Living,
8 Apr. 2025
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These asteroids are a direct window into the building blocks of our solar system and the origins of life.—
Patrick M. Shober,
The Conversation,
14 Apr. 2025
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The mystery is three-dimensional: The humongous number of parameters obscuring what the model can do; the open data, internet data, on which the model is based (as opposed to in-house, clean data); and the source, the origin of the model’s development.—
Gil Press,
Forbes.com,
14 Apr. 2025
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Those clubs with recent European pedigree, such as 2022-23 Champions League winners Manchester City and Chelsea, who lifted the trophy two years earlier, automatically earn more upon qualification by virtue of how that value pillar is distributed.—
Sam Lee,
New York Times,
11 Apr. 2025
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Although against a group of vibrant, hungry players who hunt like wolves before fizzing and whizzing in possession, with relentless ball speed and intricate rotations, Villa could only make up for the deficit in quality and European pedigree through hard work.—
Jacob Tanswell,
New York Times,
10 Apr. 2025
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But this particular glass squid observed during the descent held its arms loosely above its head in a maneuver called a cockatoo pose, which has been observed previously in glass squids.—
Ashley Strickland,
CNN Money,
16 Apr. 2025
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Flanagan goes on to open up about the descent into violence that coincided with his continued rise in punk circles, especially with the formation of Cro-Mags.—
Jon Blistein,
Rolling Stone,
16 Apr. 2025
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“Family tree.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/family%20tree. Accessed 20 Apr. 2025.
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