lineage, line, line of descent, descent, bloodline, blood line, blood, pedigree, ancestry, origin, parentage, stock

the descendants of one individual; "his entire lineage has been warriors"

• family, family line, folk, kinfolk, kinsfolk, sept, phratry — people descended from a common ancestor
• breed — a special lineage
• side — a family line of descent

• genealogy, family tree — successive generations of kin