family lineages
Generational descent charts
Family lineages are lines of descent traced through generations—the chain of ancestors and descendants connecting people by blood or adoption.
The term emphasizes continuity across time: She traced her family lineage back to the 1600s.
Lineages may follow the father's side (patrilineal), mother's side (matrilineal), or both.
Royal and aristocratic families often document lineages carefully to establish inheritance rights and legitimacy.
- ancestryFamily line of descent
- pedigreeRecord of descent
- blood relativesFamily by birth
- kinshipState of being related
- clan traditionsHereditary group practices
progenitors · forebears · old country · dynastic succession · ancestral rites · descendants · bloodline · passing down · generational wisdom · oral history · surnames · genetic markers · migration patterns · genealogical records · birth records · genetic genealogy · mitochondrial DNA · hereditary traits
- genealogydescendants, ancestors, ancestry tracing, pedigrees, lineages
- Ruthenian historyCossacks, Kyiv, Kiev, Lviv, Galicia
family lineagespersonal histories
Accounts of individual lives
the self · personal narratives · individual achievements · ego
family lineageschosen families
Intentional kinship networks
friendships · professional networks · peer groups · club memberships · social clubs
family lineagesrootlessness
State of having no anchor