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[–] doctorcrimson@lemmy.today 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Your parents, your self, and your offspring are all part of a lineage. It's a family line.

[–] THE_MASTERMIND@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)
[–] doctorcrimson@lemmy.today 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

That works in the context I used it in, but Legacy is only in the forward direction. You can be your father's legacy but he cannot be yours. Lineage describes all of the members of the family line.