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ancestry

 noun
     
an‧ces‧try plural ancestries [countable usually singular, uncountable] formal
the members of your family who lived a long time ago
Her mother is of German ancestry (=has German ancestors).
Helen's family can trace their ancestry back to the 1700s.
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