Lineage
Bloodline, Blood Relationship
noun
Blood flows through your veins, carrying the stories of your lineage, your bloodline.
Note that this word is quite formal and literary.
This is a jukugo word, which usually means on'yomi readings from the kanji. If you know the readings of your kanji you'll know how to read this as well.
血脈が繋がっている
to be related by blood
血脈が続く
the bloodline continues
血脈がある
to have a bloodline
経済の血脈
the lifeblood of the economy
イエスの血脈
the bloodline of Jesus
天皇家の血脈
the bloodline of the imperial family
血脈を受け継ぐ
to inherit the bloodline
血脈を保つ
to preserve the bloodline
血脈を引く
to inherit the bloodline
我々の血脈を絶やさせるべきではない。
We shouldn’t allow our bloodline to die out.
これからも、一族の血脈をしっかり保っていかなければならない。
We must continue to preserve our family's bloodline in the future.
この血脈を引く女性が東京のどこかにいるという情報が入った。
We received information that a woman who bears this bloodline is somewhere in Tokyo.