" linage "

1: the line of ancestors from whom a person is descended;

  * e.g., " ... his Italian lineage was very important to him "

•  Synonyms : 

•  ancestry,

•  birth,

•  blood,

•  bloodline,

•  breeding,

•  descent,

•  extraction,

•  family tree,

•  genealogy,

•  line,

•  origin,

•  parentage,

•  pedigree,

•  stock,

•  strain

•  Antonyms : 

•  issue,

•  posterity,

•  progeny,

•  seed

2: a group of persons who come from the same ancestor;

  * e.g., " ... it is now generally accepted that the lineage of Thomas Jefferson includes black as well as white members "

•  Synonyms : 

•  blood,

•  clan,

•  family,

•  folks,

•  house,

•  kin,

•  kindred,

•  kinfolk,

•  kinsfolk,

•  line,

•  people,

•  race,

•  stock,

•  tribe

•  Antonyms : 

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