kinfolk

English Thesaurus

1. people descended from a common ancestor (noun.group)

hypernym	:	ancestry, blood, blood line, bloodline, descent, line, line of descent, lineage, origin, parentage, pedigree, stemma, stock,
definition	:	the descendants of one individual (noun.group)

hyponym	:	people,
definition	:	members of a family line (noun.group)

hyponym	:	homefolk,
definition	:	the people of your home locality (especially your own family) (noun.group)

hyponym	:	house,
definition	:	aristocratic family line (noun.group)

hyponym	:	dynasty,
definition	:	a sequence of powerful leaders in the same family (noun.group)

hyponym	:	gens, name,
definition	:	family based on male descent (noun.group)