12
family(noun, kind, strain, line, issue)
8
forefathers
8
lineage(noun, kind, group, strain, line)
7
ancestors(noun, kind, group, line, house)
6
predecessors(noun, precursors)
6
progenitors(noun, kind, group, line, house)
5
antecedents(noun, precursors)
5
house(noun, kind, group, strain, line)
4
ascendants
4
stock(noun, strain, line, rank, family)
3
ancestor
3
ancestry(noun, kind, group, strain, line)
3
descendants(noun, kind, group, line, house)
3
descent(noun, kind, group, strain, line)
3
family tree(expression, idiom)
3
fathers
3
forerunners(noun, precursors)
3
grandfathers
3
grandparents
3
pedigree(noun, kind, group, strain, line)
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