ancestry

noun (ancestry, ancestries)

«ancestry» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

Everyday

Your ancestry is all the people in your family who lived long before you, such as great-grandparents, and the places and groups they came from. tree →

In the lessons

In history and family-history projects it is about family trees and where families came from. Phrases: of Irish ancestry, trace your ancestry, ancestry test.

Examples

She is of Irish and Polish ancestry. tree →
We drew a family tree to trace our ancestry. tree →
Many Americans have European, African or Asian ancestry. tree →
His ancestry goes back to Viking times. tree →
DNA tests can tell you some things about your ancestry. tree →
Ancestry is about the past; who you are is also about your choices. tree →

Note

Related: ancestor (one person), ancestral. Ancestors are people before you; descendants come after you.

On Mova

Trees and pragmatics of «ancestry» in the school dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
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