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Noun: genealogy  ,jee-nee'ó-lu-jee
  1. The study or investigation of ancestry and family history
    "She spent years researching her genealogy, tracing her family back to the 17th century"
     
  2. Successive generations of kin
    "She spent years researching her genealogy";
    - family tree

Derived forms: genealogies

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

Encyclopedia: Genealogy