Answer: stirps

AnswerCrossword Clue
STIRPSFamily branch
STIRPSFamily.
STIRPSStock; family.
STIRPSStock, race, family.
STIRPSLine of descent
STIRPSLines descending from a common ancestor
stirpsa family or branch of a family
stirpsline of descendants from a common ancestor
stirpsstock; family or branch of a family; line of descent
stirpsperson from whom a family is descended