Why is the term "bloodline" often used instead of "family tree"?

Boomkop3@reddthat.com to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world – 77 points –

edit: The reason I find it an odd term is because human ancestry literally doesn't follow a line. It always branches off, even if only to just include two parents. It's a tree like structure, a line would misrepresent it

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I don't like making presumptions but I've heard it from all sorts of people

Maybe a cultural or regional thing? Or is it related to a hobby or something? I can’t think of a single time I’ve heard this phrase in normal conversation.

I found it on this very lemmy community a couple days back. It's why I posed this question

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