genealogy
noun
[ dʒiːnɪˈalədʒi ]
• a line of descent traced continuously from an ancestor.
• "the genealogies of the kings of Mercia"
Similar:
pedigree,
ancestry,
descent,
lineage,
line,
line of descent,
family tree,
extraction,
derivation,
origin,
heritage,
parentage,
paternity,
birth,
family,
dynasty,
house,
race,
strain,
stock,
breed,
blood,
bloodline,
history,
background,
roots,
stirps,
filiation,
stemma,
Origin:
Middle English: via Old French and late Latin from Greek genealogia, from genea ‘race, generation’ + -logia (see -logy).
