noun (n)

• the kinship relation between an individual and the individual's progenitors(noun.linkdef)

  Synonym:
  descent, line of descent, lineage
  

  source: wordnet30
• inherited properties shared with others of your bloodline(noun.attribute)

  Synonym:
  ancestry, derivation, lineage
  

  source: wordnet30
• The relationship of a son or child to a parent, esp. to a father.(noun)

  source: webster1913
• Descent from, or as if from, a parent; relationship like that of a son; as, to determine the filiation of a language.(noun)

  source: webster1913