ancestry
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Britannica Dictionary definition of ANCESTRY
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a person's ancestors
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the people who were in your family in past times
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They claim to be of noble ancestry.
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an Englishman of German ancestry = an Englishman who is German by ancestry
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a person of unknown ancestry
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She claims to be able to trace her ancestry all the way back to the earliest settlers.
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They have different ancestries.
