[jee-nee-ol-uh-jee, -al-, jen-ee-] 
| 1. | a record or account of the ancestry and descent of a person, family, group, etc. |
| 2. | the study of family ancestries and histories. |
| 3. | descent from an original form or progenitor; lineage; ancestry. |
| 4. | Biology. a group of individuals or species having a common ancestry: The various species of Darwin's finches form a closely knit genealogy. |
| ge·ne·al·o·gy (jē'nē-ŏl'ə-jē, -āl'-, jěn'ē-) n. pl. ge·ne·al·o·gies
[Middle English genealogie, from Old French, from Late Latin geneālogia, from Greek geneālogiā : geneā, family; see genə- in Indo-European roots + -logiā, -logy.] ge'ne·a·log'i·cal (-ə-lŏj'ĭ-kəl) adj., ge'ne·a·log'i·cal·ly adv., ge'ne·al'o·gist n. |
genealogy ge·ne·al·o·gy (jē'nē-ŏl'ə-jē, -āl'-, jěn'ē-)
n.
A record or table of the descent of a person, family, or group from an ancestor or ancestors; a family tree.
The study or investigation of ancestry and family histories.
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