Genealogy

upright=1.35|thumb|The family tree of Louis III, Duke of Württemberg (ruled 1568–1593) thumb|352x352px|The family tree of "the Landas", a 17th-century family

chart representing family relationships in a conventional tree structure

most recent individual from which all organisms in a group are directly descended

Title of nobility used by a man because his wife holds it in her own right

Latin phrase denoting an unnamed person

genealogy of the sons of Noah and their dispersion into many lands after the Flood found in Genesis

paper register of births, marriages and deaths in various offices

The Adnanites () were a tribal confederation of the Ishmaelite Arabs who originate from the Hejaz. They trace their lineage back to Ishmael, son of the Islamic prophet and patriarch Abraham and his wife Hagar, through Adnan. The Islamic prophet Muhammad belonged to the Quraysh tribe of the 'Adnanites'.

thumb|right|300px|The first ahnentafel, published by Michaël Eytzinger in Thesaurus principum hac aetate in Europa viventium Cologne: 1590, pp. 146–147, in which Eytzinger first illustrates his new functional theory of numeration of ancestors; this schema showing Henry III of France as n° 1, de cujus, with his ancestors in five generations. The remainder of the volume shows 34 additional schemas for rulers and princes of Europe using his new method. thumb|Seize quartiers [[coat of arms display document (1786)]] An ahnentafel (German for "ancestor table"; ) or ahnenreihe ("ancestor series"; ) i

concept in genealogy

noble house composed of descendants of a monarch's or aristocrat's younger children (cadets)

marriage between relatives

centre for documentation, information and research on Nazi persecution, forced labour and the Holocaust in Nazi Germany and its occupied regions

mathematical estimate of inbreeding

measure of the degree of consanguinity (or biological relationship) between two individuals

tourism based on ancestry

In genealogy, a progenitor (rarer: primogenitor) is the founder (sometimes one that is legendary) of a family, line of descent, gens, clan, tribe, noble house, or ethnic group. Genealogy (commonly known as family history) understands a progenitor to be the earliest recorded ancestor of a consanguineous family group of descendants.

latin phrase meaning "by right of his mother"

one of the Iranian identity documents

links between academics based on mentoring relationships

thumb|Māori woman with a representation of her ancestress Te Iringa in Waikato. Genealogy is a fundamental principle in Māori culture, termed specifically in this context as whakapapa (, , lit. 'layering'). Reciting one's whakapapa proclaims one's identity among the Māori, places oneself in a wider context, and links themself to land and tribal groupings and their mana.

ancient Egyptian stela

Old French text describing the genealogy of the main Crusader families linked to John of Ibelin

proof that all four grandparents were aristocrats

ancient Egyptian genealogy

data visualization for family trees