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