family trees
- plural of family tree.
Example Sentences
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They drew long and elaborate family-trees with innumerable branches.
From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien
Indeed, family-trees were constructed without regard for palaeontology, almost exclusively from an examination of present conditions, and sometimes the author did not even shrink from falsification.
From At the Deathbed of Darwinism A Series of Papers by O'Harra, Edwin V.
And that is only one branch of the clan, only one of the numerous family-trees that make these two bulky volumes a perfect forest of Duffs.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, April 15, 1914 by Seaman, Owen, Sir
The Pilgrim Fathers figure in American pedigrees almost as frequently and persistently as Norman William and his followers appear at the trunk of our family-trees.
From Great Men and Famous Women, Vol. 8 A series of pen and pencil sketches of the lives of more than 200 of the most prominent personages in History by Horne, Charles F. (Charles Francis)
“Up North,” he said genially, “we’ve got regular factories that turn out ready-made family-trees for anybody who wants to roost in one.”
From The Valiants of Virginia by Rives, Hallie Erminie
