ancestry, n.Definitions

Ancestry is a lamp to posterity.

Ancestry is silly. Nobody cares how many roman numerals you have after your name.

Ancestry is the boast of those who have nothing else to boast of.

Ancestry is surprisingly easy to research. Rather than wasting money to look up one's family tree, one ought just go into politics where one's opponent will be sure to do it for you.

Ancestry is nothing to be arrogant about — Birth, ancestry, and what we have ourselves not done, I would hardly call our own.