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An account or history of the descent of a person or family from an ancestor; enumeration of ancestors and their children in the natural order of succession; a pedigree.

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  1. n. An account or history of the descent of a person or family from an ancestor; enumeration of ancestors and their children in the natural order of succession; a pedigree.
  2. n. Regular descent of a person or family from a progenitor; pedigree; lineage.
  3. n. successive generations of kin
  4. n. the study or investigation of ancestry and family history
  5. 1. An account or history of the descent of a person or family from an ancestor; enumeration of ancestors and their children in the natural order of succession; a pedigree. 2. Regular descent of a person or family from a progenitor; pedigree; lineage.
  6. n:100 n. successive generations of kin n. the study or investigation of ancestry and family history