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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Addam’s blood connection to Seasmoke’s former rider could explain their connection.
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Sophie Hanson, StyleCaster, 22 July 2024
The Hulk family tree is truly something out of a soap opera.
—Meredith G. White, The Arizona Republic, 12 July 2024
The label’s pieces provide a glimpse into the Shabaka and Henry family tree—and the designers’ countercultural engagement with African-American aesthetic practice and the American heritage brand.
—Essence, 20 June 2024
At the beginning of the book, a team chart occupies the space where readers of nineteenth-century novels might expect to see a family tree.
—The New Yorker, 12 June 2024
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Sophie Hanson, StyleCaster, 22 July 2024
The Hulk family tree is truly something out of a soap opera.
—Meredith G. White, The Arizona Republic, 12 July 2024
The label’s pieces provide a glimpse into the Shabaka and Henry family tree—and the designers’ countercultural engagement with African-American aesthetic practice and the American heritage brand.
—Essence, 20 June 2024
At the beginning of the book, a team chart occupies the space where readers of nineteenth-century novels might expect to see a family tree.
—The New Yorker, 12 June 2024
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“Family tree.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/family%20tree. Accessed 19 Aug. 2024.
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