Genealogy

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  • noun. A record or table of the descent of a person, family, or group from an ancestor or ancestors; a family tree.
  • noun. Direct descent from an ancestor; lineage or pedigree.
  • noun. The study or investigation of ancestry and family histories.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. An account or history of the descent of a person or family from an ancestor; an enumeration of ancestors and their descendants in the natural order of succession.
  • noun. In biology, a similar tracing of the lines of descent of animals or plants from ancestral forms. See evolution.
  • noun. Pedigree; lineage; regular descent of a person or family from a progenitor.
  • noun. Progeny; offspring; generation.
  • noun. Synonyms Lineage, etc. See pedigree.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. 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.
  • noun. Regular descent of a person or family from a progenitor; pedigree; lineage.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. The descent of a person, family, or group from an ancestor or ancestors; lineage or pedigree.
  • noun. A record or table of such descent; a family tree.
  • noun. The study, and formal recording of such descents.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. the study or investigation of ancestry and family history
  • noun. successive generations of kin
  • Word Usage
    "You can google the word genealogy and youll instantly come up with dozens of sites that will help you learn about your ancestors."
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