- descent, line of descent, lineage, filiation - the kinship relation between an individual and the individual's progenitors
--1 is a kind of kinship, family relationship, relationship
--1 has particulars: bilateral descent; unilateral descent - lineage, line, line of descent, descent, bloodline, blood line, blood, pedigree, ancestry, origin, parentage, stemma, stock - the descendants of one individual; "his entire lineage has been warriors"
--2 is a kind of genealogy, family tree
--2 has particulars:family, family line, folk, kinfolk, kinsfolk, sept, phratry; breed; side