family tree

genealogy

is something you pay a little to have looked up, and then pay more to have hushed up.

A family tree is something you pay a little to have looked up, and then pay more to have hushed up.

is, if good, a useful object to climb into society with.

A good family tree is a useful object to climb into society with.

is a tree in which the branches are so uninteresting that they are forced to brag about the roots.

is the one tree that invariably produces some nuts

is the only tree whose branches seek the shelter of its roots.

is like riding in a train backwards: it shows you where you came from, but not where you're going.

A family tree is like riding in a train backwards: it shows you where you came from, but not where you're going.

is called what it is because if you look hard enough, you'll always find some sap in it.

They call it a family tree because, if you look hard enough, you'll always find some sap in it.