genealogy
a record or account of the ancestry and descent of a person, family, group, etc.
the study of family ancestries and histories.
descent from an original form or progenitor; lineage; ancestry.
Biology. a group of individuals or species having a common ancestry: The various species of Darwin's finches form a closely knit genealogy.
Origin of genealogy
1synonym study For genealogy
Other words from genealogy
- ge·ne·a·log·i·cal [jee-nee-uh-loj-i-kuhl, jen-ee-], /ˌdʒi ni əˈlɒdʒ ɪ kəl, ˌdʒɛn i-/, ge·ne·a·log·ic, adjective
- ge·ne·a·log·i·cal·ly, adverb
- ge·ne·al·o·gist, noun
- non·ge·ne·a·log·ic, adjective
- non·ge·ne·a·log·i·cal, adjective
- non·ge·ne·a·log·i·cal·ly, adverb
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How to use genealogy in a sentence
Maryland will also become one of the first states in the country to limit law enforcement’s use of consumer genealogy websites.
New laws taking effect Oct. 1: More access to police misconduct records, and you must lock your scooter | Ovetta Wiggins, Julie Weil | September 30, 2021 | Washington PostYour genealogy results from consumer kits, for example, could be on point or off base, depending on your race and the genetic background of their reference samples.
Scientists Completed the First Human Genome 20 Years Ago. How Far Have We Come, and What’s Next? | Shelly Fan | September 28, 2021 | Singularity HubThe Golden State Killer case, though it had a “happy” ending in that it was ultimately solved, relied on a free and public genealogy database that people may not have knowingly agreed to partake in.
Scientists Completed the First Human Genome 20 Years Ago. How Far Have We Come, and What’s Next? | Shelly Fan | September 28, 2021 | Singularity HubCornish — who is also interested in genealogy — was hoping to do some research about her great-uncle on the other side of her family, when she noticed she had several messages on Ancestry, including one from Knox.
Our movements spring from a genealogy of struggle that includes fights for the abolition of enslavement, anti-lynching campaigns, fights for sovereignty, civil rights, and workers’ rights.
What the public is getting right — and wrong — about police abolition | Fabiola Cineas | October 30, 2020 | Vox
The most flamboyant of America's weenies, the Sonoran hot dog, has a murky genealogy.
El Guero Canelo Serves Tucson’s Most Mexcellent Hot Dog | Jane & Michael Stern | March 30, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTBecause the doctors do know who the person is; the doctors are conducting the genealogy.
Well, according to the genealogy experts at, uh, myvouchercodes.co.uk who commissioned the pictures, it is.
It was a rupture in our genealogy that came to serve as a metaphor for larger losses in black history.
‘Searching for Zion’: Emily Raboteau’s Hunt for the Promised Land | Mindy Farabee | January 13, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTSophie Savides, 17Plays piano, pop genealogy class, “I Heart Music.”
William Berry, an English author, died at Bristol, aged 77; author of various works on genealogy and heraldry.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology | Joel MunsellThat was Pfalz-Neuburg's logic: none of the best, I think, in forensic genealogy.
History Of Friedrich II. of Prussia, Vol. III. (of XXI.) | Thomas CarlyleThis again led Moslim critics to the study of genealogy and geography.
A Boswell of Baghdad | E. V. LucasAre you not a man whose genealogy, if verified, proves that you descend from Bahila?
A Boswell of Baghdad | E. V. LucasFor it is said that he had a genealogy, but that it was not in the priestly family.
Autobiography of Frank G. Allen, Minister of the Gospel | Frank G. Allen
British Dictionary definitions for genealogy
/ (ˌdʒiːnɪˈælədʒɪ) /
the direct descent of an individual or group from an ancestor
the study of the evolutionary development of animals and plants from earlier forms
a chart showing the relationships and descent of an individual, group, genes, etc
Origin of genealogy
1Derived forms of genealogy
- genealogical (ˌdʒiːnɪəˈlɒdʒɪkəl) or genealogic, adjective
- genealogically, adverb
- genealogist, noun
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