genealogy
noun
- study of ancestry
- particular ancestral tree
- historical technique in philosophy, questioning the commonly understood emergence of philosophical or social beliefs by accounting for the scope, breadth or totality of discourse, thus extending the possibility of analysis
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˌd͡ʒiniˈɑlədʒi/ / /ˌd͡ʒiniˈælədʒi/ / /ˌdʒiːniˈælədʒi/
noun
Etymology: From Middle English genealogie, genologie, genelogie, from Old French genealogie (Modern French généalogie), from Late Latin genealogia, from Ancient Greek γενεαλογία (genealogía), from γενεά (geneá, “generation, descent”) + -λογία (-logía, “study of”), equivalent to Ancient Greek γενεά (geneá) + -logy.
- The descent of a person, family, or group from an ancestor or ancestors; lineage or pedigree.
“The book significantly extends on Rosenstein’s monumental 1990 work, “The Unbroken Chain,” which focused on the genealogies of the major Ashkenazi rabbinic dynasties from medieval times to the present.”
- A record or table of such descent; a family tree.
- The study, and formal recording of such descents.
““Investigators are currently looking into additional investigative genetic genealogy options for DNA evidence to check for matches,” the Pima County Sheriff’s Department said Tuesday.”