GENEALOGY

genealogy

(noun) the study or investigation of ancestry and family history

genealogy, family tree

(noun) successive generations of kin

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

genealogy (countable and uncountable, plural genealogies)

(countable) The descent of a person, family, or group from an ancestor or ancestors; lineage or pedigree.

(countable) A record or table of such descent; a family tree.

(uncountable) The study, and formal recording of such descents.

Synonyms

• pedigree

Source: Wiktionary

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Gen`e*al"o*gy, n.; pl. Genealogies. Etym: [OE. genealogi, genelogie, OF. genelogie, F. généalogie, L. genealogia, fr. Gr. genus) +

1. An account or history of the descent of a person or family from an ancestor; enumeration of ancestors and their children in the natural order of succession; a pedigree.

2. Regular descent of a person or family from a progenitor; pedigree; lineage.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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