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  • 51family — fam·i·ly / fam lē, fa mə / n pl lies 1: a group of individuals related by blood, marriage, or adoption 2: a group of usu. related individuals who live together under common household authority and esp. who have reciprocal duties to each other ◇… …

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  • 52Sandawe people — The Sandawe are an agricultural ethnic group based in the Kondoa District of Dodoma Region in central Tanzania. In 2000 the Sandawe population was estimated to number 40,000 [http://www.ethnologue.com/show language.asp?code=sad] .The Sandawe… …

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  • 53origin — I (ancestry) noun ancestral descent, birth, bloodline, derivation, descent, dynasty, extraction, family, filiation, genealogical tree, genealogy, heritage, kith and kin, line, line of ancestors, line of descent, lineage, origo, parentage,… …

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  • 54pedigree — noun Etymology: Middle English pedegru, from Anglo French pé de grue, literally, crane s foot; from the shape made by the lines of a genealogical chart Date: 15th century 1. a register recording a line of ancestors 2. a. an ancestral line ;… …

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  • 55Hashmat Ghani Ahmadzai — As Grand Council Chieftan of the Kuchis and Chief of the Ahmadzai Pashtun tribe, Hashmat Ghani Ahmadzai has forever lived at the intersection of tribal and national politics in Afghanistan and hails from a long line of ancestors who have done the …

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  • 56parentage — I noun ancestry, antecedents, birth, bloodline, derivation, descent, extraction, family, family connection, family tree, filiation, forebears, forefathers, foreparents, former generations, genealogical tree, genealogy, genesis, genus, house, line …

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  • 57bloodline — I noun affiliation, ancestry, birth, blood, caste, derivation, descent, dynasty, extraction, family, family tree, genealogy, heredity, history, line, line of ancestors, lineage, origin, parentage, pedigree, progeniture, root, stem, stock, strain …

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  • 58ancestry — n. 1. Lineage, family, race, house, line of ancestors, line. 2. Pedigree, stock, genealogy, descent. 3. High birth, noble blood, gentle blood, nobility, hereditary rank …

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  • 59pedigree — n. Lineage, descent, ancestry, genealogy, stock, breed, family, race, house, line of ancestors, strain, line, extraction …

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  • 60pedigree — ped•i•gree [[t]ˈpɛd ɪˌgri[/t]] n. 1) an ancestral line; lineage; ancestry 2) a genealogical record, esp. of a purebred animal 3) distinguished or pure ancestry 4) derivation; history 5) having established purebred ancestry: a pedigree collie[/ex] …

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