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family(noun, kind, line, classification, kin)
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forefathers(noun, origins, fathers, descents, lineages)
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forebears(noun, kind, group, line, house)
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ascendants(noun, fathers)
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predecessors(noun, indications, signs, fathers, precursors)
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antecedents(noun, agents, signs, bases, connections)
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fathers(noun, kinships, bosses, pops, elders)
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descent(noun, kind, group, line, house)
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elders(noun, bosses, fathers, founders, supervisors)
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lineage(noun, kind, group, line, house)
4
ancestry(noun, kind, group, strain, line)
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progenitors(noun, kind, group, line, house)
4
ancestor
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people(noun, kind, group, line, house)
4
family tree(expression, idiom)
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forbears(noun, fathers)
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house(kind, group, line, family, kin)
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line(noun, kind, group, house, family)
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patriarchs(noun, fathers, seniors, grandfathers, grandpas)
4
relations(noun, kind, group, line, house)
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