lineage
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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
Cal’s full name is John-Calum—“I’m John of John of Iain of Iain the Breabadair,” he explains of his lineage.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 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
The work was published in the open access journal ZooKeys, building on an earlier genomic study in Systematic Biology that had already indicated the snakes represented a separate evolutionary lineage.
From Science Daily • Apr. 21, 2026
Boromir had a long sword, in fashion like Andúril but of less lineage, and he bore also a shield and his war-horn.
From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien
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