lineage
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Vijay steps into that lineage, but at a different political moment.
From BBC • May 5, 2026
If the Y chromosome from these remains matches that of living descendants, it would strengthen historical records and family lineage reconstructions.
From Science Daily • May 4, 2026
According to oral history passed down over the generations, Santseo was planted in the 13th Century by Komfo Nana Asumbia, a royal figure to whom we trace our lineage.
From BBC • May 2, 2026
The Rothschilds trace their lineage back to Mayer Amschel Rothschild, who rose from his birth in the Jewish ghetto of Frankfurt to build an international banking empire.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 2026
However, whereas the lineages of tribal villages are equal-ranked clans, in a chiefdom all members of the chief’s lineage had hereditary perquisites.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
Vocabulary lists containing lineage
It's All in the Family
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Born a Crime
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