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More so than many cast members, who wear their pedigrees on their sleeve, she generates a feeling of “Well, well, what do we have here?” with no easy, immediate answer.

From Los Angeles Times • May 14, 2026

Convergent evolution shows us that lineages respond more to pressures than pedigrees.

From Slate • Jan. 25, 2026

Some old and some new, but players with reputations and pedigrees to match, who have helped haul Scotland from the shadows of irrelevance into the spotlight.

From BBC • Nov. 18, 2025

Young adults with lesser pedigrees may not be as picky about jobs because they can’t afford to be.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 9, 2025

To marshal further evidence, Galton began to reconstruct pedigrees of eminent men.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee