family line

Noun
  1. People descended from a common ancestor (synset 107987168)
    "his family has lived in Massachusetts since the Mayflower"
    is a type of: ancestry, blood, blood line, bloodline, descent, line, line of descent, lineage, origin, parentage, pedigree, stemma, stock - the descendants of one individual
    subtypes:
    • people - members of a family line
    • homefolk - the people of your home locality (especially your own family)
    • house - aristocratic family line
    • dynasty - a sequence of powerful leaders in the same family
    • gens, name - family based on male descent
    same as: family, folk, kinfolk, kinsfolk, phratry, sept

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