Ancestry

An"ces*try (?), n. [Cf. OF. ancesserie. See Ancestor.] 1. Condition as to ancestors; ancestral lineage; hence, birth or honorable descent.

Title and ancestry render a good man more illustrious, but an ill one more contemptible.
Addison.

2. A series of ancestors or progenitors; lineage, or those who compose the line of natural descent.