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genealogy

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


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"It requires a careful interweaving of data from modern organisms, of which our understanding is necessarily far deeper, and knowledge of these living organisms' genealogy relative to fossil forms," he said.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 25, 2026

Last month, the city announced the identity of a previously unknown victim of the terrorist attacks - the 1,654th person - using a new technology called forensic investigative genetic genealogy - or FIGG.

From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026

“Over the years, we have received valuable assistance from people with an interest in genealogy and family history who have taken the time to research family trees and share information with our investigators,” she said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026

I first met the Westerinen family in 1999 as a graduate student in New York City, writing my thesis on the rise of genetic genealogy.

From Salon ● Jul. 27, 2026

She never teach us our mo‘okū‘auhau, so we never learn how for say our genealogy.

From "Clairboyance" by Kristiana Kahakauwila

Ms. Mazzeo alternates between the macro and micro, now giving us detailed genealogies, now discussing the shipbuilding industry and the place of women in 19th-century society.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 8, 2025

What Mesoamerican civilization created a complex writing system for recording its history and genealogies?

From Textbooks ● Apr. 19, 2023

And finally, as I worked out by tracing genealogies, when nobody was left alive to remember them, the dead person turned into a butterfly, a memory without a rememberer.

From Scientific American ● Jan. 5, 2023

The whole movie was a visual feast, with bright costumes and playful dance numbers, and it never explained the puzzling genealogies of its characters.

From New York Times ● Jul. 8, 2020

To these four volumes there was added in Westmarch a fifth containing commentaries, genealogies, and various other matter concerning the hobbit members of the Fellowship.

From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien


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