Ancestry
Pronunciation : An"ces*try
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [Cf. OF. ancesserie. See Ancestor.]
Definition : 1. Condition as to ancestors; ancestral lineage; hence, birth or honorable descent. Title and ancestry render a good man more illustrious, but an ill one more contemptible. Addison.
2. A series of ancestors or progenitors; lineage, or those who compose the line of natural descent.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913