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
In short, while it can be hard to get your head around the statistics involved, go back more than a few thousand years and you are genealogically related to almost everyone on Earth.
From Slate ● Aug. 28, 2018
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
All the town turned out in broadcloth, diamonds, silks and décolleté to hear them--a younger generation of San Franciscans assuming a bit uncomfortably that social importance which had not yet become genealogically sure of itself.
From Port O' Gold A History-Romance of the San Francisco Argonauts by Louis J. (Louis John) Stellman
