bloodlines
Ancestral family trees
Bloodlines are lines of descent or ancestry, especially when tracking inherited traits through generations.
The term appears most often in contexts where lineage matters: breeding animals, royal succession, or family heritage.
The horse's bloodlines trace back to Arabian stock.
She researched her bloodlines through genealogy records.
The word can carry connotations of purity or exclusivity, sometimes uncomfortably so.
Those from whom one descends
- forebearsAncestral family members
- progenitorsOriginal ancestors of a lineage
- descendantsThose who come after
- forefathersAncestral predecessors
foremothers · genealogy · dynasty · clan · tribe · family · house · kinfolk
Record of descent
- purebredOf single breed ancestry
- thoroughbredOf pure ancestral line
- stockGoods kept for sale
- studbookPedigree registry for livestock
sire · dam · linebreeding · outcross · registry · champion · bloodstock · broodmare
Entitlement from origin
- legacyWhat's passed down
- inheritanceProperty received from ancestors
- traditionsLong-established customs passed down
- heirloomsObjects passed through family lines
ancestral · customs · culture · ethnicity · nobility · aristocracy · royal · succession
ancestors
Those from whom one descends
- forebearsAncestral family members
- progenitorsOriginal ancestors of a lineage
- descendantsThose who come after
forefathers · foremothers · genealogy · dynasty · clan · tribe · family · house · kinfolk · progeny
pedigree
Record of descent
- purebredOf single breed ancestry
- thoroughbredOf pure ancestral line
- stockGoods kept for sale
studbook · sire · dam · linebreeding · outcross · registry · champion · bloodstock · broodmare · stallion
birthright
Entitlement from origin
- legacyWhat's passed down
- inheritanceProperty received from ancestors
- traditionsLong-established customs passed down
heirlooms · ancestral · customs · culture · ethnicity · nobility · aristocracy · royal · succession · entitlement
DNA
Hereditary code molecule
- genesUnits of heredity
- chromosomesGene-bearing nuclear structures
- allelesVariant forms of genes
heredity · inheritance · genotype · phenotype · genomics · mutation · traits · dominant · recessive · loci
- Clan & Kinshipkinship, ancestry, extended family, clan chiefs, clan loyalty
- pedigree recordspedigree chart, ancestry records, family tree
- ruling bloodlinesnoble families, dynasties, hereditary rulers, Medici family, Han dynasty
- equine sciencehorse behavior, horse breeding, farriery, conformation, lameness
- familymother, father, parents, siblings, parent
- horse racingthoroughbred, horse racing, racehorse, flat race, horses
bloodlinesadoption
Legal family formation
chosen family · found family · marriage ties · in-laws · stepfamily
bloodlinescommon stock
Basic corporate ownership units
mixed heritage · mutts · obscure origins · baseborn · commoners
bloodlinesconclusions
Judgments reached through reasoning
endings · outcomes · descendants · posterity · legacy
- royal bloodlineHereditary claim to throne