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family history

NOUN
family tree
Synonyms
WEAK
ancestral tree ancestry bloodline descent genealogical chart genealogical tree genealogy heredity line lineage pedigree stemma tree
NOUN
roots
Synonyms
STRONG
background birthplace blood breed descent genealogy heritage kindred line lineage origin parentage pedigree race
WEAK
family tree

Example Sentences

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Frankly, it’s hard for any of us to look at our own health and family history and make the call that perhaps our estimated death date will come sooner than we would like.

From MarketWatch • May 11, 2026

By turns comical and deeply affecting, “The Golden Boy” is heavy on back story, family history, Canadian history and geography, and on what Aristotle and friends would call exegesis.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

But it’s also because Halsey grew up around the way and can trace her family history back more than 100 years to this place.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 14, 2026

"We went from having this nice profile of donor Finn and feeling like we knew the family history and the health history, to just nothing," says Beth.

From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026

We all sit around the kitchen table, but it’s the quietest dinner in Carter family history.

From "The Hate U Give" by Angie Thomas