genealogy
noun
a record or account of the ancestry and descent of a person, family, group, etc.
genealogically
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a word derived from
genealogy.
Example Sentences
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Then he decided to find a soldier to research genealogically, selecting a random grave in Normandy marked by a Latin cross.
From New York Times ● May 24, 2022
As Green and Torrey traced Pointer’s family forward in time, James Fisher was tracing his family backward, with the help of his genealogically savvy partner, Tanya Gaskins Hardy.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 11, 2021
For example, one grandmother is half Norwegian, so genealogically my daughter is one-eighth Norwegian.
From Slate ● Oct. 18, 2013
From 1731 it was determined genealogically that it was in fact the French noble House of Goyon Matignon that ruled as Prices of Monaco until 1949.
From Time ● Aug. 14, 2013
In the transferred sense, “house” is used of a family, genealogically considered, and of the audience at a public meeting or entertainment, especially of a theatre.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 7 "Horticulture" to "Hudson Bay" by Various
