- Built from
- Saluki
Lineage
The dog family tree, as it was actually written down.
Most breeds were built from other breeds. The Golden came from the Flat-Coated Retriever and a water spaniel that no longer exists. The Doberman was assembled from six. Follow any breed below and you can trace the bloodline, forward and back, and find the cousins it shares an ancestor with.
This is the documented record from the Vertebrate Breed Ontology, not a complete genealogy. 63 breeds here carry a recorded ancestry; many do not, and where the record is silent, we leave it blank rather than guess. Ancestors that are now extinct appear in plain text, with no page to visit.
Open the Golden Retriever page →Click any breed to follow its bloodline. Close cousins share a rare or multiple founder; faded distant kin share only a single founding hub (a Bloodhound or Bulldog cross). Hover a cousin to see the shared ancestor. Dashed breeds are extinct ancestors with no page.
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- Built from
- Black and Tan Terrier, Otterhound
- Shares ancestry with
- Bedlington Terrier, Fox Terrier Wire, Wire Fox Terrier, Yorkshire Terrier
- Built from
- Mastiff, Tosa
- Shares ancestry with
- Bernese Mountain Dog, Bullmastiff, Saint Bernard
- Built from
- English Cocker Spaniel
- Built from
- Rat Terrier
- Built from
- Australian Kelpie, Bull Terrier
- Shares ancestry with
- Bedlington Terrier
- Built from
- Cairn Terrier, Irish Terrier, Manchester Terrier, Yorkshire Terrier
- Gave rise to
- Silky Terrier
- Shares ancestry with
- Doberman Pinscher, Irish Setter, Norfolk Terrier, Norwich Terrier, Rat Terrier, West Highland White Terrier
- Built from
- Bloodhound
- Shares ancestry with
- Golden Retriever, Gordon Setter, Otterhound, Saint Bernard
- Built from
- Bull Terrier, Dandie Dinmont Terrier, Otterhound, Whippet
- Shares ancestry with
- Airedale Terrier, Australian Cattle Dog, West Highland White Terrier, Yorkshire Terrier
- Built from
- Mastiff
- Shares ancestry with
- Akita, Bullmastiff, Saint Bernard
- Gave rise to
- Basset Hound, Golden Retriever, Gordon Setter, Otterhound, Saint Bernard
- Gave rise to
- Norfolk Terrier
- Built from
- Bulldog, English White Terrier
- Shares ancestry with
- Bull Terrier, Boxer, Bullmastiff, French Bulldog, Staffordshire Bull Terrier
- Gave rise to
- Giant Schnauzer
- Built from
- Bulldog, Bullenbeisser
- Shares ancestry with
- Boston Terrier, Bull Terrier, Bullmastiff, French Bulldog, Staffordshire Bull Terrier
- Built from
- English Pointer, English Setter
- Shares ancestry with
- German Shorthaired Pointer, Rhodesian Ridgeback
- Gave rise to
- Australian Cattle Dog, Bedlington Terrier
- Shares ancestry with
- Boston Terrier, Flat Coated Retriever, Gordon Setter, Boxer, Bullmastiff, French Bulldog, Staffordshire Bull Terrier
- Gave rise to
- Boston Terrier, Boxer, Bull Terrier, Bullmastiff, French Bulldog, Staffordshire Bull Terrier
- Gave rise to
- Dogue De Bordeaux
- Shares ancestry with
- Akita, Bernese Mountain Dog, Saint Bernard, Boston Terrier, Boxer, Bull Terrier, French Bulldog, Staffordshire Bull Terrier
- Built from
- Skye Terrier
- Gave rise to
- Australian Terrier, Norfolk Terrier, West Highland White Terrier
- Shares ancestry with
- Yorkshire Terrier
- Built from
- Swedish Vallhund
- Shares ancestry with
- Pembroke Welsh Corgi
- Built from
- English Toy Spaniel
- Built from
- Curly Coated Retriever, Flat-Coated Retriever
- Shares ancestry with
- Labrador Retriever, Golden Retriever
- Gave rise to
- Toy Fox Terrier
- Gave rise to
- Eurasier
- Gave rise to
- Bull Terrier, Flat Coated Retriever, Gordon Setter
- Built from
- Irish Water Spaniel, Newfoundland
- Gave rise to
- Chesapeake Bay Retriever, Labrador Retriever
- Shares ancestry with
- Flat Coated Retriever, Saint Bernard
- Gave rise to
- Miniature Pinscher
- Gave rise to
- Bull Terrier
- Built from
- German Shepherd Dog, Manchester Terrier, Pinscher, Rottweiler, Weimaraner, German Pinscher
- Shares ancestry with
- Miniature Pinscher, Australian Terrier, Giant Schnauzer, Greater Swiss Mountain Dog, Rat Terrier
- Built from
- Alaunt, Bullmastiff
- Gave rise to
- American Cocker Spaniel
- Built from
- Gordon Setter, Irish Red and White Setter
- Gave rise to
- Brittany
- Shares ancestry with
- Irish Setter
- Built from
- Collie, Newfoundland
- Gave rise to
- Chesapeake Bay Retriever, Golden Retriever, Labrador Retriever
- Shares ancestry with
- Bull Terrier, Curly Coated Retriever, Gordon Setter, Saint Bernard
- Built from
- Black and Tan Terrier
- Gave rise to
- Rat Terrier
- Shares ancestry with
- Airedale Terrier, Wire Fox Terrier, Yorkshire Terrier
- Built from
- Bulldog, Olde English Bulldogge, Toy Bulldog
- Shares ancestry with
- Boston Terrier, Boxer, Bull Terrier, Bullmastiff, Staffordshire Bull Terrier
- Gave rise to
- Doberman Pinscher
- Built from
- English Pointer, Old Spanish Pointer
- Shares ancestry with
- Brittany, Rhodesian Ridgeback
- Built from
- Bouvier des Flandres, Great Dane, Rottweiler, Schnauzer
- Shares ancestry with
- Miniature Schnauzer, Rhodesian Ridgeback, Doberman Pinscher, Greater Swiss Mountain Dog
- Built from
- Bloodhound, Flat-Coated Retriever, Irish Setter, Tweed Water Spaniel
- Shares ancestry with
- Labrador Retriever, Chesapeake Bay Retriever, Basset Hound, Gordon Setter, Otterhound, Saint Bernard
- Built from
- Bloodhound, Collie
- Gave rise to
- English Setter
- Shares ancestry with
- Bull Terrier, Flat Coated Retriever, Basset Hound, Golden Retriever, Otterhound, Saint Bernard
- Gave rise to
- Giant Schnauzer, Rhodesian Ridgeback
- Built from
- Tibetan Mastiff
- Gave rise to
- Leonberger
- Built from
- Rottweiler
- Shares ancestry with
- Doberman Pinscher, Giant Schnauzer
- Gave rise to
- Italian Greyhound, Whippet
- Built from
- Bolognese, Maltese
- Gave rise to
- Miniature Poodle, Toy Poodle
- Shares ancestry with
- Yorkshire Terrier
- Built from
- Irish Red and White Setter, Irish Terrier
- Gave rise to
- Golden Retriever
- Shares ancestry with
- English Setter, Australian Terrier, Norwich Terrier
- Gave rise to
- Australian Terrier, Irish Setter, Norwich Terrier
- Built from
- Barbet, English Water Spaniel, French Water Dog, Poodle, Portuguese Water Dog
- Gave rise to
- Curly Coated Retriever
- Shares ancestry with
- Miniature Schnauzer
- Built from
- Greyhound
- Gave rise to
- Miniature Pinscher, Rat Terrier
- Shares ancestry with
- Whippet
- Built from
- Pug
- Gave rise to
- Eurasier
- Built from
- Collie Smooth, English Shepherd
- Gave rise to
- Australian Cattle Dog
- Built from
- Curly Coated Retriever, Flat-Coated Retriever, Tweed Water Spaniel
- Shares ancestry with
- Chesapeake Bay Retriever, Golden Retriever
- Built from
- Great Pyrenees, Saint Bernard
- Gave rise to
- Havanese, Yorkshire Terrier
- Gave rise to
- Akita, Bernese Mountain Dog, Bullmastiff, Saint Bernard
- Built from
- Dachshund, Italian Greyhound, Pinscher, German Pinscher
- Gave rise to
- Miniature Schnauzer
- Shares ancestry with
- Doberman Pinscher, Rat Terrier
- Built from
- Havanese, Poodle, Standard
- Shares ancestry with
- Toy Poodle
- Built from
- Affenpinscher, Miniature Pinscher, Poodle, Schnauzer
- Shares ancestry with
- Giant Schnauzer, Irish Water Spaniel
- Gave rise to
- Curly Coated Retriever, Flat Coated Retriever, Saint Bernard
- Built from
- Border Terrier, Cairn Terrier, Norwich Terrier
- Shares ancestry with
- Australian Terrier, West Highland White Terrier
- Built from
- Irish Terrier
- Gave rise to
- Norfolk Terrier
- Shares ancestry with
- Australian Terrier, Irish Setter
- Built from
- Bloodhound, Harrier
- Gave rise to
- Airedale Terrier, Bedlington Terrier
- Shares ancestry with
- Basset Hound, Golden Retriever, Gordon Setter, Saint Bernard
- Gave rise to
- Pug, Shih Tzu, Tibetan Spaniel
- Built from
- Swedish Vallhund
- Shares ancestry with
- Cardigan Welsh Corgi
- Gave rise to
- Irish Water Spaniel, Miniature Schnauzer
- Gave rise to
- Irish Water Spaniel
- Built from
- Pekingese
- Gave rise to
- Japanese Chin
- Shares ancestry with
- Shih Tzu, Tibetan Spaniel
- Built from
- Fox Terrier, Italian Greyhound, Manchester Terrier, Smooth Fox Terrier, Wire Fox Terrier
- Gave rise to
- American Hairless Terrier
- Shares ancestry with
- Miniature Pinscher, Toy Fox Terrier, Australian Terrier, Doberman Pinscher
- Built from
- English Pointer, Great Dane
- Shares ancestry with
- Giant Schnauzer, Brittany, German Shorthaired Pointer
- Gave rise to
- Doberman Pinscher, Giant Schnauzer, Greater Swiss Mountain Dog
- Built from
- Alpine Mastiff, Bloodhound, Mastiff, Newfoundland
- Gave rise to
- Leonberger
- Shares ancestry with
- Curly Coated Retriever, Flat Coated Retriever, Akita, Bernese Mountain Dog, Bullmastiff, Basset Hound, Golden Retriever, Gordon Setter, Otterhound
- Gave rise to
- Afghan Hound
- Gave rise to
- Eurasier
- Gave rise to
- Yorkshire Terrier
- Built from
- Icelandic Sheepdog, Scottish Collie
- Built from
- Pekingese
- Shares ancestry with
- Pug, Tibetan Spaniel
- Built from
- Australian Terrier
- Built from
- Bulldog
- Shares ancestry with
- Boston Terrier, Boxer, Bull Terrier, Bullmastiff, French Bulldog
- Gave rise to
- Miniature Poodle, Toy Poodle
- Gave rise to
- Great Pyrenees
- Built from
- Pekingese, Tibetan Terrier
- Gave rise to
- Tibetan Spaniel
- Built from
- Chihuahua, Smooth Fox Terrier, Toy Manchester Terrier
- Shares ancestry with
- Rat Terrier
- Built from
- Havanese, Poodle, Standard
- Shares ancestry with
- Miniature Poodle
- Gave rise to
- Doberman Pinscher
- Built from
- Cairn Terrier, Dandie Dinmont Terrier
- Shares ancestry with
- Australian Terrier, Bedlington Terrier, Norfolk Terrier, Yorkshire Terrier
- Built from
- Greyhound
- Gave rise to
- Bedlington Terrier
- Shares ancestry with
- Italian Greyhound
- Built from
- Black and Tan Terrier
- Gave rise to
- Rat Terrier
- Shares ancestry with
- Airedale Terrier, Fox Terrier Wire, Yorkshire Terrier
- Built from
- Black and Tan Terrier, Dandie Dinmont Terrier, Maltese, Paisley Terrier, Scottish Terrier, Skye Terrier
- Gave rise to
- Australian Terrier
- Shares ancestry with
- Cairn Terrier, Havanese, Bedlington Terrier, West Highland White Terrier, Airedale Terrier, Fox Terrier Wire, Wire Fox Terrier
Lineage from the Vertebrate Breed Ontology (Mullen et al. 2025, CC-BY 4.0). We render the documented founding stock; we do not assert genetic descent, which can differ from the breeding record. Where ancestry is unrecorded, we abstain.