· the kinship relation between an individual and the individual's progenitors
Synonym(s): descent, lineage, filiation
Hypernym(s): kinship, family_relationship, relationship
· the descendants of one individual; "his entire lineage has been warriors"
Synonym(s): lineage, line, descent, bloodline, blood_line, blood, pedigree, ancestry, origin, parentage, stemma, stock
Hypernym(s): genealogy, family_tree