genealogical tree
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of genealogical tree
First recorded in 1805–15
Example Sentences
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The possibility of a genealogical tree of life is predicated on the existence of an underlying process of heredity.
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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