ancestrychart
nounUK /ˈæn.ses.tri tʃɑːt/
US /ˈæn.ses.tri tʃɑːrt/
A picture that shows how people in a family are related to each other.
Grandma drew an ancestry chart so we could see all our cousins.
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2. A diagram used by scientists to trace the parents and offspring of animals or plants.
The breeders kept an ancestry chart for every puppy.
3. A record kept by historians to show how a royal family passed down its crown.
The museum displayed an ancestry chart of the old kings.
4. A chart that shows where a person's family came from long ago.
Her ancestry chart showed relatives from three countries.