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Phratry (Noun)

People descended from a common ancestor; "his family has lived in Massachusetts since the Mayflower".

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects.

The clansmen claimed a common heritage tracing back to a mythical ancestor, and referred to their larger grouping as a phratry.
Many Indigenous cultures of North America organized their tribes into smaller kin groups known as bands and larger collectives known as phratries.
After moving to a new town, John quickly learned about the history of the area, including the families who formed the phratry of European settlers that founded it.
Some people proudly associate themselves with their particular phratry to signify shared origins or distinct regional customs.
Among his father's numerous aunts, uncles, and cousins was an old clan historian, expert on their extensive family's multiple interlocking phratries.