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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Janet Loehrke, USA TODAY, 1 Nov. 2024
Get this no-ship early holiday deal on AncestryDNA memberships for anyone looking to create a detailed family tree and learn more about their roots.
—Alexis Simmerman, The Arizona Republic, 27 Nov. 2024
The cartographic canvases on display are local histories in which the past is overlaid on a geographic present, their tangle of colored lines resembling some cross between a subway map, a conspiracy board, and a family tree of our ancestors.
—Jerry Saltz, Vulture, 13 Nov. 2024
The Tim Walz family tree Unable to view our graphics?
—Janet Loehrke, USA TODAY, 1 Nov. 2024
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Janet Loehrke, USA TODAY, 1 Nov. 2024
Get this no-ship early holiday deal on AncestryDNA memberships for anyone looking to create a detailed family tree and learn more about their roots.
—Alexis Simmerman, The Arizona Republic, 27 Nov. 2024
The cartographic canvases on display are local histories in which the past is overlaid on a geographic present, their tangle of colored lines resembling some cross between a subway map, a conspiracy board, and a family tree of our ancestors.
—Jerry Saltz, Vulture, 13 Nov. 2024
The Tim Walz family tree Unable to view our graphics?
—Janet Loehrke, USA TODAY, 1 Nov. 2024
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Virgo Check in with your brood or look up your family tree to get details on your ancestry.Lisa Stardust, People.com, 5 Dec. 2024
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Chickens Are Miniature Dinosaurs Beyond the anatomical and molecular evidence, chickens exhibit behavioral and neurological traits that echo their prehistoric ancestry, according to a December 2011 article published in Historical Biology.Scott Travers, Forbes, 4 Dec. 2024
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The experience includes an exploration of the world’s longest lineage of single-vintage wines dating to 1878.Paula Conway, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024
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As the first true dinosaurs emerged, some remained omnivorous, while early predecessors of the Allosaurus and T. rex lineage began to hunt insects and fish.Riley Black, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Dec. 2024
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How genetic genealogy cracked the case Genetic genealogy, a combination of DNA analysis and family tree research, finally led detectives to Guillot Jr. A relatively new field of study, genetic genealogy gained prominence as hobbyists began looking into their family history.Maria Aguilar Prieto, CNN, 8 Dec. 2024
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He was not born with that name and does not appear in the official genealogy maintained in the archive of the Rothschilds.Daniel Miller, Los Angeles Times, 4 Dec. 2024
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Around six months ago, Mangione cut off contact with his friends and family, according to the Times.Cayla Bamberger, New York Daily News, 14 Dec. 2024
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The nature of this acclaim is eliciting an unusual level of glee from Trump — a man who biographers say has never quite left behind the outer-borough imprint of his upbringing in Queens, N.Y., where his family’s wealth was never enough to buy him full entrée into the Manhattan cultural elite.Niall Stanage, The Hill, 14 Dec. 2024
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There’s no evidence that the wolves are a breeding pair.Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 30 Nov. 2024
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Even a half-acre, or even quarter-acre of cover can hold a breeding pair of deer.Josh Honeycutt, Outdoor Life, 14 Nov. 2024
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True to their origin story, Gonzalez was wearing a sequin La DoubleJ number for the occasion.Freya Drohan, Vogue, 11 Dec. 2024
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The origin point of the blaze is textbook wildland-urban interface, or WUI (woo-ee).Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 11 Dec. 2024
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Given this recent legacy, some might suggest there is less site specific pedigree in circulation than might be needed to judge the legitimacy of all the applications.Paul Caputo, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024
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The menu was designed by Andres Robles Montenegro, an Ecuadorian chef with a Relais & Châteaux pedigree.Stefanie Waldek, Travel + Leisure, 11 Dec. 2024
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Between 5,000 and 8,000 men of African descent fought in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War.Kinsey Gidick, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Dec. 2024
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The results are also limited by the population studied, which is primarily of European descent, said Dr. Robert Eckel, professor emeritus of medicine at the University of Colorado Anschutz medical campus and former president of the American Heart Association.Madeline Holcombe, CNN, 10 Dec. 2024
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“Family tree.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/family%20tree. Accessed 25 Dec. 2024.
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