Ancestry vs Filiation - What's the difference?
ancestry | filiation |
Condition as to ancestors; ancestral lineage; hence, birth or honorable descent.
A series of ancestors or progenitors; lineage, or those who compose the line of natural descent.
(uncountable) The condition of being a child of a specified parent
(countable) The ancestry or lineage shared by a group having the same bloodline
(countable, legal) The determination of paternity
As nouns the difference between ancestry and filiation
is that ancestry is condition as to ancestors; ancestral lineage; hence, birth or honorable descent while filiation is (uncountable) the condition of being a child of a specified parent.ancestry
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Alternative forms
* ancestrie (obsolete) * auncestrie (obsolete) * auncestry (obsolete)Noun
(ancestries)- Title and ancestry render a good man more illustrious, but an ill one more contemptible. -Addison.