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Noun: genealogy  `jee-nee'ó-lu-jee
  1. Successive generations of kin
    - family tree
     
  2. The study or investigation of ancestry and family history

Derived forms: genealogies

See also: genealogical, genealogist

Type of: bailiwick, clan, discipline, field, field of study, kin, kin group, kindred, kinship group, study, subject, subject area, subject field, tribe

Encyclopedia: Genealogy