Associations to the word «Ancestry»

Wiktionary

ANCESTRY, noun. Condition as to ancestors; ancestral lineage; hence, birth or honorable descent.
ANCESTRY, noun. A series of ancestors or progenitors; lineage, or those who compose the line of natural descent.

Dictionary definition

ANCESTRY, noun. The descendants of one individual; "his entire lineage has been warriors".
ANCESTRY, noun. Inherited properties shared with others of your bloodline.

Wise words

Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life - in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us to do, as well as talk, and to make our words and actions all of a color.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca