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family line

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Noun1.family linefamily line - people descended from a common ancestor; "his family has lived in Massachusetts since the Mayflower"
kinfolk, kinsfolk, phratry, sept, folk, family
people - members of a family line; "his people have been farmers for generations"; "are your people still alive?"
homefolk - the people of your home locality (especially your own family); "he wrote his homefolk every day"
house - aristocratic family line; "the House of York"
dynasty - a sequence of powerful leaders in the same family
gens, name - family based on male descent; "he had no sons and there was no one to carry on his name"
blood line, bloodline, ancestry, lineage, pedigree, stemma, line of descent, parentage, blood, origin, descent, stock, line - the descendants of one individual; "his entire lineage has been warriors"


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Sapphire/Sapphy and her brother Conor have known the sea all their lives because their dad has continued the family line of British fishermen.
Dunmore, Helen. Ingo by Farmer, Lesley / Kliatt
The Tlingit and Haida villagers, who lived nearby, carved totem poles to honor luminaries, detail a family line or mark important events.
THREE IF BY SEA SKAGWAY, JUNEAU, KETCHIKAN BRIM WITH OPPORTUNITY IN ... by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
The days when blue-collar work could be passed on down the family line, those days are over," says Chaison of Clark University.
Shifting gears: with Detroit's 'Big Three' carmakers struggling, what ... by Hakim, Danny / New York Times Upfront
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