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

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King