go back generations

Examples (10)

• Their family feud goes back generations.
• This coastal boatbuilding tradition goes back generations in our village.
• The land dispute went back generations by the time the courts intervened.
• Our families’ friendship goes back generations, long before we were born.
• The clan’s mistrust goes back generations, despite recent peace talks.
• According to my grandmother, the recipe’s origin goes back generations.
• The custom of planting an oak at births goes back generations here.
• Their shared ownership of the orchard goes back generations in this valley.
• The stories people tell about the river spirits go back generations.
• The rivalry is said to go back generations, stretching into the nineteenth century.