ancestries

Noun

ancestry (countable and uncountable, plural ancestries)

1. The state of being ancestors.
2. Birth to a noble or high-ranking family, or to someone of honorable descent.
   • Title and ancestry render a good man more illustrious, but an ill one more contemptible.August 1 1713, Joseph Addison, The Guardian volume 123
3. A series of ancestors; the people from whom one is descended.
   • I can trace my ancestry back to the 18th century.

   Synonyms:

   lineage, stock