genealogy

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According to this pedigree the Virginian settlers, John and Lawrence, were the sons of Lawrence Washington of Sulgrave Manor, and this genealogy was adopted by Sparks and Irving, as well as by the public at large.

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  1. noun A record or table of the descent of a person, family, or group from an ancestor or ancestors; a family tree.
  2. noun Direct descent from an ancestor; lineage or pedigree.
  3. noun The study or investigation of ancestry and family histories.

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  • In regards to O'Campo, his genealogy was also completed and the ancestor's he claimed were of Juaneno descent were not, they were of mexican / spanish ancestry as was Belardes and O'Campo has admitted this to his Tribal Council and several members of his group.
  • The word genealogy is derived from the Greek, and means the study of family history and descent. —  URLwire - News of Useful and Unique Web Launches Since 1994
  • Sure, we like to know which haplogroup we fit into, but ultimately the most useful aspect of genetic genealogy is the comparison of Y-STR numbers —  Ms. Adventures in Italy
  • And genetic genealogy is an enormous market that has yet to be completely tapped. —  Ms. Adventures in Italy
  • Your genealogy is unquestionably a large and often confounding puzzle. —  Eastman's Online Genealogy Newsletter
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  1. Middle English genealogie, from Old French, from Late Latin geneālogia, from Greek geneālogiā : geneā, family; see genə- in Indo-European roots + -logiā, -logy.

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  1. from Middle English genealogie = D. G. genealogie = Danish Swedish genealogi, from Old French genealogie, French généalogie = Provencal genolosia, genologia = Spanish genealogía = Portuguese Italian genealogia, from Late Latin genealogia, from Greek γενεαλογία, the making of a pedigree, tracing of a family, from γενεαλόγος, one who makes a pedigree, a genealogist, from γενεά, a race, stock, generation, family, descent (allied to γένος, a race, stock, family: see genus), + λέγειν, speak: see -ology.
 

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