pedigree

n

1. ancestry, ancestral line, lineage, descent, parentage, birth, derivation, extraction, filiation; family, dynasty, house, tribe; race, strain, stock, breed, bloodline, stem, branch, stirps; heredity, heritage, past, roots.

2. genealogy, family tree, family record, list of ancestors.

3. nobility, noble or high birth, aristocracy, blue blood; purebred, pure blood, pure ancestry.

4. derivation, origin, origination, source; history, background.