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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

They then cross-referenced the DNA samples they gathered with the genetic profiles available to view on commercial genealogy databases to find the absent British military fathers of clients aged from three years to 70.

From BBC • Apr. 19, 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

“But thanks to investigative genetic genealogy, we were able to resolve this mystery and provide some answers to everyone involved in this case.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 30, 2026

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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