Genealogy (8)
I believe the answer is:
pedigree
'genealogy' is the definition.
(I know that pedigree is a type of genealogy)
This is all the clue.
(Other definitions for pedigree that I've seen before include "(Distinguished) lineage" , "(Pure) ancestry" , "Of animals, recorded line of descent" , "Line of decent or ancestry" , "High-class" .)