Across
- 1. Passing down a legacy, or a relay racer's primary job?
- 4. Casual collective for the people who raised you?
- 6. The generation that lets you spoil them and send them back?
- 8. Better half who wasn't originally on the family tree?
- 9. Like a first cousin once removed, chronologically speaking?
- 10. What a family tree chart looks like upside down?
- 12. What a family tree does when a new generation arrives?
- 13. Like spirits that are perfectly aligned?
- 15. Something common to both a tree trunk and a family ledger?
- 19. Shared physical features, or what you might pull when mocking someone?
- 21. The legal right to the kingdom?
- 24. The patriarchal side of the coin?
- 26. Palindromic family head?
- 28. Fraternal short form?
- 29. Person who kept the line going, biologically speaking?
- 31. It holds the family roots?
- 33. A dynasty, like Lancaster or Windsor?
- 35. The very first branch of a family tree?
- 37. Distant relative of a horse?
- 39. The undisputed leader of the family clan?
- 40. Leaves the family tree, in a way?
- 41. The grand prize left behind when the family tree loses a leaf?
- 42. It's thicker than water, or so they say?
- 44. They may be second or third, but they still feel like first-rate company?
- 46. Kinship status that sounds like an accurate account?
- 48. To officially graft a new branch onto the tree?
- 49. Event where one might say "Look what the cat dragged in!" with affection?
- 50. DNA source that can follow "sugar" or "founding"?
- 53. Like the side of the family you don't share a last name with, perhaps?
- 57. A family tree with paperwork, often for a prized pup?
- 59. Like a house passed down through five generations, perhaps?
- 60. Legal recipient of an estate who might be left waiting?
- 62. Traits passed down that you can't exchange at a department store?
- 63. Closely related, biologically?
- 64. Relatives by marriage who often get an unfair rap?
- 65. To look exactly like an ancestor, with "after"?
- 66. Kin's traditional alliterative companion?
Down
- 2. Chosen to be in the tree, making it much stronger?
- 3. Lineage line that doesn't intersect?
- 5. Family event marked by a highly collective "Cheese!"?
- 6. Step in the right direction, historically?
- 7. What gets tied at the start of a new branch?
- 11. The newest, loudest bud on the family branch?
- 14. Double helix that charts your history?
- 16. A rival for the bathroom mirror, biologically speaking?
- 17. A double delivery?
- 18. Ancestral history, briefly?
- 20. Gone on, leaving memories behind?
- 22. Labels shared at the top of the mailbox?
- 23. People who came before you (and might still look over your shoulder)?
- 25. The person who gets the front seat by default seniority?
- 27. What the head of the table sits on?
- 30. Multi-generational hand-me-down?
- 32. Group of descendants that sounds like a product launch?
- 34. A massive family gathering that might require renting a stadium?
- 36. A descendant or shoot, or an ending to a holy city?
- 38. Where family roots are permanently anchored?
- 40. Shorthand for a sisterly confidante?
- 42. A specific generational cohort known for explosions?
- 43. Type of tree that represents a single, unbroken family lineage?
- 44. What a dad turns into during Little League season?
- 45. The ultimate hand-me-down given at birth?
- 47. A direct descent pattern, or what you shouldn't cross?
- 51. The molecular software of life?
- 52. A dead giveaway?
- 54. A massive extended family, or a survivor's alliance?
- 55. Total sum of a person's heritage?
- 56. Like smoothies, or modern family structures coming together?
- 58. Relative who might legally split the difference?
- 61. Title for a beloved family elder that sounds rather grand?
- 62. Unit of inheritance that sounds like a denim trouser?
- 65. The smallest branch of the family tree?