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the line of ancestors from whom a person is descended
has a distinguished genealogy that traces back to William the Conqueror
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Recent Examples of genealogy
An 84-year-old man confessed to his involvement in a 50-year-old cold case after authorities tracked him down using genetic genealogy.
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Saleen Martin, USA TODAY, 11 Nov. 2024
Investigative genetic genealogy combines DNA analysis from a lab with genealogical research, such as tracing a person’s family tree via GEDMatch – a free website where people can upload their DNA raw data files.
—Jean Casarez, CNN, 27 Nov. 2024
The Bee Cave library also offers reference and readers advisory services, as well as access to a wide variety of databases for business research, ancestry and genealogy, and learning a new language.
—Barbara D. Hathaway, Austin American-Statesman, 21 Nov. 2024
Investigative genetic genealogy is a tool in which modern investigators build family trees using crime-scene DNA that has been entered into databases.
—Noah Goldberg, Los Angeles Times, 20 Nov. 2024
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Saleen Martin, USA TODAY, 11 Nov. 2024
Investigative genetic genealogy combines DNA analysis from a lab with genealogical research, such as tracing a person’s family tree via GEDMatch – a free website where people can upload their DNA raw data files.
—Jean Casarez, CNN, 27 Nov. 2024
The Bee Cave library also offers reference and readers advisory services, as well as access to a wide variety of databases for business research, ancestry and genealogy, and learning a new language.
—Barbara D. Hathaway, Austin American-Statesman, 21 Nov. 2024
Investigative genetic genealogy is a tool in which modern investigators build family trees using crime-scene DNA that has been entered into databases.
—Noah Goldberg, Los Angeles Times, 20 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for genealogy
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Virgo Check in with your brood or look up your family tree to get details on your ancestry.Lisa Stardust, People.com, 5 Dec. 2024
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Chickens Are Miniature Dinosaurs Beyond the anatomical and molecular evidence, chickens exhibit behavioral and neurological traits that echo their prehistoric ancestry, according to a December 2011 article published in Historical Biology.Scott Travers, Forbes, 4 Dec. 2024
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Perpetual Calendar Chronograph | $190,000 Patek Philippe’s lineage of perpetual calendar references is legendary, beginning with the ref.Blake Buettner, Robb Report, 6 Dec. 2024
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Looking at the two other lineages of Cravalho’s mixed ancestry, less than 5% of Hawaiians identified as Irish in the most recent American Community Survey — just over 66,000.Arturo Conde, NBC News, 1 Dec. 2024
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Given this recent legacy, some might suggest there is less site specific pedigree in circulation than might be needed to judge the legitimacy of all the applications.Paul Caputo, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024
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The menu was designed by Andres Robles Montenegro, an Ecuadorian chef with a Relais & Châteaux pedigree.Stefanie Waldek, Travel + Leisure, 11 Dec. 2024
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Atkins was listed as a director at three different offshore entities either owned or affiliated with the Humphreys family.Jemima McEvoy, Forbes, 14 Dec. 2024
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The nature of this acclaim is eliciting an unusual level of glee from Trump — a man who biographers say has never quite left behind the outer-borough imprint of his upbringing in Queens, N.Y., where his family’s wealth was never enough to buy him full entrée into the Manhattan cultural elite.Niall Stanage, The Hill, 14 Dec. 2024
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“Genealogy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/genealogy. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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