Synonyms for Descent (same or very similar meaning)
WordNet sense 1 (the kinship relation between an individual and the individual's progenitors):
lineage, filiation, lineage, line of descent
WordNet sense 2 (a downward slope or bend):
declension, declination, decline, declivity, fall, downslope
WordNet sense 3 (the descendants of one individual):
ancestry, bloodline, blood, line, origin, parentage, pedigree, stock, stemma
WordNet sense 4 (properties attributable to your ancestry):
extraction
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