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Ancestry
Sentence Completion
Online English Exercise with Answers

Ancestry Nouns

Study the vocabulary and definitions to complete the sentences in this exercise.

Ancestor icon

Ancestor

A person from your family who lived a long time ago.

Bloodline icon

Bloodline

All the people directly related to you by birth, like a chain of family connections.

Clan icon

Clan

A group of people connected by family ties, often larger than just your immediate relatives.

Descendant icon

Descendant

A person who is related to an ancestor from later in the family line.

Family Tree icon

Family Tree

A chart that shows all the people in your family and how they’re related, like a big diagram of your relatives.

Genealogy icon

Genealogy

The study of your family’s history and how all your relatives are connected.

Generation icon

Generation

A group of people born around the same time.

Kin icon

Kin

Your family and relatives.

Lineage icon

Lineage

The line of people you’re directly related to.

Roots icon

Roots

Where your family or culture originally comes from. 

Sentence Completion 

Practice with a free online English exercise featuring 10 sentences with dropdown answers about Ancestry.

Complete the Sentences with the Correct Noun

10 Sentences about Ancestry

The last known
  • clan
  • descendant
  • ancestor
  • bloodline
 of Abraham Lincoln’s direct line died in 1985.
Many Americans explore their
  • ancestor
  • clan
  • roots
  • generation
 at Ellis Island’s archives.
DNA tests can help you find distant
  • genealogy
  • family tree
  • descendant
  • kin
 by matching you with people who share your genetic markers.
Genealogists use a
  • family tree
  • bloodline
  • clan
  • descendant
 to map relationships across multiple generations.
Every human shares a common
  • generation
  • ancestor
  • bloodline
  • clan
 from Africa 200,000 years ago.
Experts in
  • roots
  • generation
  • genealogy
  • family tree
 use birth certificates to link relatives.
Genetic testing has revolutionized how people explore their
  • ancestor
  • descendant
  • lineage
  • clan
 across centuries.
The
  • generation
  • clan
  • bloodline
  • lineage
 born after World War II is often called the Baby Boomers.
Over 500
  • ancestor
  • family tree
  • genealogy
  • clan
 names exist in Ireland’s historical records.
The
  • ancestor
  • bloodline
  • descendant
  • generation
 of the British monarchy traces back over a thousand years.