(n.) Series of ancestors; lineage\; those who compose the line of natural descent.

affiliation agnate agnation alliance aristocracy aristocraticalness birth blood blood relation blood relationship blood relative blue blood breed breeding brotherhood brothership clansman cognate cognation collateral collateral relative common ancestry common descent connection connections consanguinean consanguinity cousinhood cousinship derivation descent distaff side distant relation distinction enate enation extraction family fatherhood filiation flesh flesh and blood folks fraternity genteelness gentility german honorable descent kin kindred kinfolk kinnery kinsfolk kinship kinsman kinsmen kinswoman kith and kin line lineage maternity matrilineage matriliny matrisib matrocliny motherhood near relation next of kin nobility noble birth nobleness origin paternity patrilineage patriliny patrisib patrocliny pedigree people posterity propinquity quality race rank relation relations relationship relatives royalty sib sibling sibship sisterhood sistership source spear kin spear side spindle kin spindle side stock sword side ties of blood tribesman uterine kin