All genealogy synonyms

noun genealogy

• lineage — the number of printed lines, especially agate lines covered by a magazine article, newspaper advertisement, etc.
• ancestry — Your ancestry is the fact that you are descended from certain people.
• genetics — Biology. the science of heredity, dealing with resemblances and differences of related organisms resulting from the interaction of their genes and the environment.
• parentage — derivation or descent from parents or ancestors; birth, origin, or lineage: a man of distinguished parentage.
• pedigree — an ancestral line; line of descent; lineage; ancestry.
• generation — the entire body of individuals born and living at about the same time: the postwar generation.
• descent — A descent is a movement from a higher to a lower level or position.
• strain — to draw tight or taut, especially to the utmost tension; stretch to the full: to strain a rope.
• heredity — the transmission of genetic characters from parents to offspring: it is dependent upon the segregation and recombination of genes during meiosis and fertilization and results in the genesis of a new individual similar to others of its kind but exhibiting certain variations resulting from the particular mix of genes and their interactions with the environment.
• derivation — The derivation of something, especially a word, is its origin or source.
• line — a thickness of glue, as between two veneers in a sheet of plywood.
• history — the branch of knowledge dealing with past events.
• stock — a supply of goods kept on hand for sale to customers by a merchant, distributor, manufacturer, etc.; inventory.
• stemma — ocellus (def 1).
• family tree — a genealogical chart showing the ancestry, descent, and relationship of all members of a family or other genealogical group.
• family — the children of one person or one couple collectively: We want a large family.
• ancestors — Plural form of ancestor.
• forebears — Usually, forebears. ancestors; forefathers.
• descendants — a person or animal that is descended from a specific ancestor; an offspring.
• extraction — The action of taking out something, especially using effort or force.
• stirps — a stock; family or branch of a family; line of descent.