family history
Your lineage documented
Family history is the record of diseases and health conditions that have affected one's relatives, used by doctors to assess inherited risk: There's a family history of heart disease.
More broadly, family history means the story of one's ancestors—their origins, occupations, and experiences across generations.
Researching family history has become a popular hobby, aided by genealogy websites and DNA testing.
Descent from progenitors
- pedigreeRecord of descent
- descendantsThose who come after
- ancestorsThose from whom one descends
- forebearsAncestral family members
progenitors · bloodline · generations · kinship · surnames · records · archives · research
Long-established customs passed down
- customsTraditional practices or import taxes
- heirloomsObjects passed through family lines
- legacyWhat's passed down
- ethnicityShared cultural heritage group
homeland · folklore · recipes · festivals · rites · artifacts · dialects · cultural identity
Relating to heredity
- hereditaryPassed through generations
- predispositionInnate tendency toward something
- screeningEvaluative selection process
- conditionsPrevailing state of affairs
diseases · risk factors · health records · inherited traits · chronic illness · heart disease · diabetes · mental health
lineage
Descent from progenitors
- pedigreeRecord of descent
- descendantsThose who come after
- ancestorsThose from whom one descends
forebears · progenitors · bloodline · generations · kinship · surnames · records · archives · research · DNA testing
traditions
Long-established customs passed down
- customsTraditional practices or import taxes
- heirloomsObjects passed through family lines
- legacyWhat's passed down
ethnicity · homeland · folklore · recipes · festivals · rites · artifacts · dialects · cultural identity · stories
genetic
Relating to heredity
- hereditaryPassed through generations
- predispositionInnate tendency toward something
- screeningEvaluative selection process
conditions · diseases · risk factors · health records · inherited traits · chronic illness · heart disease · diabetes · mental health · allergies
- biographybirth, death date, autobiography, life story, biography
- cultural heritagefolklore, traditions, customs, folk music revival, museum collections
- backstoryorigin story, origin, past, background, flashback
- family recordsbirth certificates, birth certificate, death certificate, birth records, marriage license
- genealogydescendants, ancestors, pedigrees, lineages, descent
- social historyeveryday life, social class, social movements, working class, middle class
family, history, ancestry, historical, histories, unfamiliar, families, familial, family's