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Make an effort to find your ancestry (6)

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I believe the answer is:

strain

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This clue might be a double definition.

'make an effort' is the first definition.
(I've seen this before)

'ancestry' is the second definition.
(strain is a kind of ancestry)

'to find your' acts as a link.
This may not be right. Some or all of it may belong to one of the definitions.

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(Other definitions for strain that I've seen before include "Injure (a muscle); distinct breed" , "'Stress, tension (6)'" , "Race" , "Overtired" , "Filter - intense effort" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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