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genealogy

[jee-nee-ol-uh-jee, -al-, jen-ee-] / ˌdʒi niˈɒl ə dʒi, -ˈæl-, ˌdʒɛn i- /


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Applicants must provide official documents - online genealogy sites can't be used as sole proof, the spokesperson cautioned.

From BBC • May 1, 2026

More than genealogy, the term signals a moral orientation.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 5, 2026

Grandmothers have been prosecuted decades after pregnancy loss thanks to investigators using forensic genetic genealogy to hunt them down.

From Slate • Aug. 23, 2025

The South Carolina museum helped Ms Lanier with her genealogy claims but was not involved in the legal battle.

From BBC • May 30, 2025

My entire genealogy file, my notebooks, my books, everything was afloat; I nearly cried, and I was so upset I started speaking German.

From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank




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