Crossword puzzle clue "family trees show them"

GENEALOGY, the history of the descent of families

CEDAR, a large evergreen coniferous tree

FIR, an evergreen tree

ATRIUM, (Latin) a square hall lighted from above, into which rooms open at one or more levels

KITE, to obtain money fraudulently

LINEAGE, direct descent from an ancestor, also LIGNAGE, LYNAGE

NEST, to build a structure for holding eggs