- Birthright - Birthright, patrimony - Family history - Inherited lot - Legacy - That which is inherited, or passes from heir to heir;
inheritance. - A possession; the Israelites, as God's chosen people;
also, a flock under pastoral charge.
- Study of family lines - An account or history of the descent of a person or
family from an ancestor; enumeration of ancestors and their children in
the natural order of succession; a pedigree. - Regular descent of a person or family from a progenitor;
pedigree; lineage.
- Family heads - Father - Father as head of family - Male head of a family - Old tribal leader - The father and ruler of a family; one who governs his
family or descendants by paternal right; -- usually applied to heads of
families in ancient history, especially in Biblical and Jewish history
to those who lived before the time of Moses. - A dignitary superior to the order of archbishops; as,
the patriarch of Constantinople, of Alexandria, or of Antioch.