line of descent
n 1: the kinship relation between an individual and the
individual's progenitors [syn: {descent}, {lineage}, {filiation}]
2: the descendants of one individual; "his entire lineage has
been warriors" [syn: {lineage}, {line}, {descent}, {bloodline},
{blood line}, {blood}, {pedigree}, {ancestry}, {origin},
{parentage}, {stemma}, {stock}]