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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

Working with the FBI, Arlington police had finally solved the crime that summer through genetic genealogy, matching the killer’s DNA to relatives in a public database.

From Slate • Apr. 6, 2026

More than genealogy, the term signals a moral orientation.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 5, 2026

Julia Masli, the comic behind the captivatingly bizarre “ha ha ha ha ha ha ha,” may be from Estonia, but in clown genealogy she is a close relation to Andy Kaufman’s Latka.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 21, 2025

Like family genealogy, such an explanation would fall under Handsome’s Inconsequential and Boring Bits category.

From "The Very, Very Far North" by Dan Bar-el




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