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Divide ancestry into syllables:

an · ces · try

How to pronounce ancestry:

Synonyms for ancestry:

ancestors
antecedents
birth
blood
blood line
bloodline
breeding
derivation
descent
extraction
family
family line
family tree
filiation
folk
forebears
forefathers
genealogy
house
kinfolk
kinsfolk
line
line of descent
lineage
origin
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Antonyms for ancestry:

breed
brood
children
completion
conclusion
consequence
death
descendant
descendants
discouragement
effect
end
ending
entertainment
fact
family
finish
fruit
fun
future
future generations
get
goal
heirs
hindrance
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