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ancestry

Pronunciation: /ˈansɛstri/

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Definition of ancestry

noun (plural ancestries)

1one’s family or ethnic descent:he was proud of his Irish ancestry
the evolutionary or genetic line of descent of an animal or plant:the ancestry of the rose is extremely complicated