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In European genealogy, a descent from antiquity (DFA or DfA) is a proven unbroken line of descent between specific individuals from ancient history and people living today. . Ancestry can readily be traced back to the Early Middle Ages, but beyond that, insufficient documentation of the ancestry of the new royal and noble families of the period makes tracing them to historical figures from ...
A noble house is an aristocratic family or kinship group, either currently or historically of national or international significance [clarification needed], and usually associated with one or more hereditary titles, the most senior of which will be held by the "Head of the House" or patriarch.
Argead Dynasty, family of Philip II of Macedonia and Alexander the Great; Kings of the Hellenes; Kings of the Hellenes, simple (French) Alcmaeonids noble house of Ancient Athens, family of Pericles and Alcibiades; Byzantine emperors family tree
Two sturdy arms, brandishing such a weapon, form the usual crest of the family, with the above motto, Periissem ni per-iissem —'I had died, unless I had gone through with it ' ". [13] Arbuthnott [4] Crest: A peacock's head couped at the neck Proper. [14] Motto: Laus Deo [14] [Latin, 'Praise God'] [14] Chief: Keith Arbuthnott 17th Viscount of ...
Ancient Roman families (9 C, 4 P) Pages in category "Ancient families" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total. This list may not reflect recent ...
From the late ancient era onward, the family name (Myōji/苗字 or 名字) had been commonly used by samurai to denote their family line instead of the name of the ancient clan that the family line belongs to (uji-na/氏名 or honsei/本姓), which was used only in the official records in the Imperial court.
The ancient genomes sequenced from 13 bone fragments unearthed in a cave beneath a medieval castle in Ranis, Germany, belonged to six individuals, including a mother, daughter and distant cousins ...
Over centuries, a gens could expand from a single family to a large clan, potentially including hundreds or even thousands of members. Some of these may have been the descendants of freedmen or persons who entered the gens through adoption , while in other cases, different families that had assumed the same nomen in the distant past became ...