descent

(noun) a movement downward.

(noun) properties attributable to your ancestry. Synonyms: origin, extraction. Examples: "He comes from good origins."

(noun) the act of changing your location in a downward direction.

(noun) the kinship relation between an individual and the individual's progenitors. Synonyms: line of descent, lineage, filiation.

(noun) a downward slope or bend. Synonyms: declivity, fall, decline, declination, declension, downslope.

(noun) the descendants of one individual. Synonyms: lineage, line, line of descent, bloodline, blood line, blood, pedigree, ancestry, origin, parentage, stemma, stock. Examples: "His entire lineage has been warriors."