| filiation |
| kindred(noun, group, strain, line, house) |
| source(noun, place, cause, position, root) |
| species(noun, type, strain, line, breed) |
| family tree(noun, expression, line, stock, family) |
| line of descent(noun, expression, idiom, strain, line) |
| breeding(noun, line, rank, education, history) |
| clan(noun, company, place, position, group) |
| dynasty(noun, order, line, hereditary, rulers) |
| kin(noun, group, strain, line, house) |
| people(noun, family, blood, genus, clan) |
| roots(noun, cause, influence, line, connection) |
| stemma |
| tribe(noun, group, strain, line, house) |
| ancestor(noun, cause, influence, connection, source) |
| ancestors(noun, kind, group, line, house) |
| antecedent(noun, cause, source, history, origin) |
| forefathers(noun, paternity) |
| nobility(noun, company, order, place, position) |
| progenitor(noun, cause, influence, connection, source) |