genealogical tree
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of genealogical tree
First recorded in 1805–15
Example Sentences
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If comprehensively deciphered, the relationships between the species populating the genealogical tree of life, Mr. Telford argues, offer the possibility of understanding the evolutionary history of every component of natural biology.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 26, 2025
Investigators identified Birdlong using DNA evidence and a genealogical tree created by a Texas DNA research facility.
From Fox News • Sep. 22, 2021
She greets us, rather forebodingly, with a genealogical tree, as if the extended Stoppard family were a medieval royal house.
From New York Times • Feb. 24, 2021
A study of the male genealogical tree puts Adam in central Africa around 100,000 years ago.
From The Guardian • May 5, 2013
He could climb up and down the genealogical tree of Nabi Samuel the way my brothers and I climbed the fig tree next to our house.
From "Tasting the Sky" by Ibtisam Barakat
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