ancestry Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the descendants of one individual
    lineage; pedigree; parentage; descent; bloodline; stemma; blood; line; stock; line of descent; origin; blood line.
    • his entire lineage has been warriors
  2. noun inherited properties shared with others of your bloodline
    lineage; filiation; derivation.

WordNet

An"ces*try noun
Etymology
Cf. OF. ancesserie. See Ancestor.
Definitions
  1. Condition as to ancestors; ancestral lineage; hence, birth or honorable descent.
    Title and ancestry render a good man more illustrious, but an ill one more contemptible. Addison.
  2. A series of ancestors or progenitors; lineage, or those who compose the line of natural descent.

Webster 1913