line of descent

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Noun	1.	line of descent - the kinship relation between an individual and the individual's progenitorsfiliation, lineage, descentfamily relationship, kinship, relationship - (anthropology) relatedness or connection by blood or marriage or adoptionbilateral descent - line of descent traced through both the maternal and paternal sides of the familyunilateral descent - line of descent traced through one side of the family
	2.	line of descent - the descendants of one individual; "his entire lineage has been warriors"blood line, bloodline, ancestry, lineage, pedigree, stemma, parentage, blood, origin, descent, stock, linekinfolk, kinsfolk, phratry, family line, sept, folk, family - people descended from a common ancestor; "his family has lived in Massachusetts since the Mayflower"side - a family line of descent; "he gets his brains from his father's side"family tree, genealogy - successive generations of kin