26984 words

genealogy

3 definitions • 2 examples
1
(the study of) the history of the past and present members of a family or families:

Examples:

genealogy of I became interested in the genealogy of my family.
2
a drawing showing the history of a family with all past and present members joined together by lines
3
the study of the history of the past and present members of a family, or a particular history of this type:

Examples:

[ C ] He has produced a genealogy of his family going back to 1732.

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