ancestry
an·ces·try
/ˈænˌsɛstri/ noun , pl -tries
: a person's ancestors : the people who were in your family in past times
[ noncount ] They claim to be of noble ancestry.
an Englishman of German ancestry = an Englishman who is German by ancestry
a person of unknown ancestry
She claims to be able to trace her ancestry all the way back to the earliest settlers.
[ count ] They have different ancestries.
