ancestry

[ an-ses-tree or, esp. British, -suh-stree ]

/ ˈæn sɛs tri or, esp. British, -sə stri /

family or ancestral descent; lineage.

honorable or distinguished descent: famous by title and ancestry.

a series of ancestors: His ancestry settled Utah.

the inception or origin of a phenomenon, object, idea, or style.

the history or developmental process of a phenomenon, object, idea, or style.

Origin of ancestry

1300–50; Middle English, equivalent to ancestre ancestor + -y³; replacing Middle English aunce(s)trie < Anglo-French

1 pedigree, genealogy, stock.

3 family, line.

Our parents both had almond eyes, almost Asian-looking, and yet our ancestry was Irish and German.

‘Tracing the Blue Light’: Read Chapter 1 of Eileen Cronin’s ‘Mermaid’ |Eileen Cronin |April 8, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
That meant the Clovis child should have been of European ancestry.

Incontrovertible Evidence Proves the First Americans Came From Asia |Doug Peacock |March 27, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
The central issue of Kennewick Man was his ancestry: Was he of European origin?

Incontrovertible Evidence Proves the First Americans Came From Asia |Doug Peacock |March 27, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Diana found to have Irish ancestry - so will William, Kate and baby George now visit the Emerald Isle?

Princess Diana's Irish Roots |Tom Sykes |February 28, 2014 |DAILY BEAST

But for anyone curious enough to ask, she cited a mixed Native American ancestry.

American Gypsies Are a Persecuted Minority That Is Starting to Fight Back |Nina Strochlic |December 22, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
Ruth M—— was a college junior with ancestry and wealth, brilliant, sarcastic, selfish.

The Girl and Her Religion |Margaret Slattery
This man came of Scottish ancestry, the earliest records of the family dating from 1547.

Great Men and Famous Women. Vol. 4 of 8 |Various
With regard to the origin of the group, the probability is greatly in favour of a Rhizopod ancestry.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 3 |Various
Borrow's ancestry was pure Cornish on one side, and on the other mainly French.'

George Borrow and His Circle |Clement King Shorter
Beethoven, with the strenuousness that came from his Rhenish ancestry, was more intractable, impatient of interference.

Beethoven |George Alexander Fischer

ancestry

/ (ˈænsɛstrɪ) /

lineage or descent, esp when ancient, noble, or distinguished

ancestors collectively