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filiation
6
kindred(noun, group, strain, line, house)
6
source(noun, place, cause, position, root)
6
species(noun, type, strain, line, breed)
5
family tree(noun, expression, line, stock, family)
5
line of descent(noun, expression, idiom, strain, line)
4
breeding(noun, line, rank, education, history)
4
clan(noun, company, place, position, group)
4
dynasty(noun, order, line, hereditary, rulers)
4
kin(noun, group, strain, line, house)
4
people(noun, family, blood, genus, clan)
4
roots(noun, cause, influence, line, connection)
4
stemma
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tribe(noun, group, strain, line, house)
3
ancestor(noun, cause, influence, connection, source)
3
ancestors(noun, kind, group, line, house)
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antecedent(noun, cause, source, history, origin)
3
forefathers(noun, paternity)
3
nobility(noun, company, order, place, position)
3
progenitor(noun, cause, influence, connection, source)
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