family lineage
Generational heritage record
Family lineage is the line of descent from ancestors—the chain of people from whom one is biologically descended.
It emphasizes hereditary succession through generations: She traced her family lineage back to the 1600s.
The phrase often appears in contexts involving inheritance, genealogy, or claims to heritage or status.
- genealogyStudy of family descent
- ancestryFamily line of descent
- heritageInherited cultural legacy
- progenitorAncestor or originator
- dynastySuccessive family rulers
old money · blue blood · descendant · bloodline · blood relative · distant cousin · next of kin · clan · forebear · patronymic · surname · DNA · patrimony · ancestral line · pedigree · coat of arms · consanguinity · heredity
- ancestryancestors, kinship, ancestor, clan, ancestry
- genealogydescendants, ancestors, ancestry tracing, pedigrees, lineages
- parentagepaternity, parentage, maternity, fatherhood, motherhood
- patriarchymale dominance, male supremacy, pater familias, patria potestas, male privilege
- surnamesSmith, Johnson, Williams, Brown, Jones
- Indigenous AustraliansAboriginal, Dreamtime, traditional lands, Dreaming, corroboree
identity source
family lineageself-creation
Making oneself exist
new beginning · fresh start · tabula rasa · anonymity · obscurity