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synonyms for genealogy

  • ancestry
  • genetics
  • lineage
  • derivation
  • descent
  • extraction
  • generation
  • heredity
  • history
  • line
  • parentage
  • pedigree
  • stemma
  • stock
  • strain
  • blood line
  • progeniture
  • stirps
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On this page you'll find 35 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to genealogy, such as: ancestry, genetics, lineage, derivation, descent, and extraction.

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Maryland will also become one of the first states in the country to limit law enforcement’s use of consumer genealogy websites.
NEW LAWS TAKING EFFECT OCT. 1: MORE ACCESS TO POLICE MISCONDUCT RECORDS, AND YOU MUST LOCK YOUR SCOOTEROVETTA WIGGINS, JULIE WEILSEPTEMBER 30, 2021WASHINGTON POST
Your genealogy results from consumer kits, for example, could be on point or off base, depending on your race and the genetic background of their reference samples.
SCIENTISTS COMPLETED THE FIRST HUMAN GENOME 20 YEARS AGO. HOW FAR HAVE WE COME, AND WHAT’S NEXT?SHELLY FANSEPTEMBER 28, 2021SINGULARITY HUB 
The Golden State Killer case, though it had a “happy” ending in that it was ultimately solved, relied on a free and public genealogy database that people may not have knowingly agreed to partake in.
SCIENTISTS COMPLETED THE FIRST HUMAN GENOME 20 YEARS AGO. HOW FAR HAVE WE COME, AND WHAT’S NEXT?SHELLY FANSEPTEMBER 28, 2021SINGULARITY HUB 
Cornish — who is also interested in genealogy — was hoping to do some research about her great-uncle on the other side of her family, when she noticed she had several messages on Ancestry, including one from Knox.
AN 1870S MARRIAGE CERTIFICATE WAS HIDDEN BEHIND A PICTURE AT A THRIFT STORE. EMPLOYEES SET OUT TO FIND THE COUPLE’S FAMILY.SYDNEY PAGEAUGUST 26, 2021WASHINGTON POST
Our movements spring from a genealogy of struggle that includes fights for the abolition of enslavement, anti-lynching campaigns, fights for sovereignty, civil rights, and workers’ rights.
WHAT THE PUBLIC IS GETTING RIGHT — AND WRONG — ABOUT POLICE ABOLITIONFABIOLA CINEASOCTOBER 30, 2020VOX
William Berry, an English author, died at Bristol, aged 77; author of various works on genealogy and heraldry.
THE EVERY DAY BOOK OF HISTORY AND CHRONOLOGYJOEL MUNSELL
That was Pfalz-Neuburg's logic: none of the best, I think, in forensic genealogy.
HISTORY OF FRIEDRICH II. OF PRUSSIA, VOL. III. (OF XXI.)THOMAS CARLYLE
This again led Moslim critics to the study of genealogy and geography.
A BOSWELL OF BAGHDADE. V. LUCAS
Are you not a man whose genealogy, if verified, proves that you descend from Bahila?
A BOSWELL OF BAGHDADE. V. LUCAS
For it is said that he had a genealogy, but that it was not in the priestly family.
AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF FRANK G. ALLEN, MINISTER OF THE GOSPELFRANK G. ALLEN
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WORDS RELATED TO GENEALOGY

  • ancestor
  • antecedent
  • antecessor
  • blood
  • breed
  • breeding
  • derivation
  • descent
  • extraction
  • forebear
  • forefather
  • foregoer
  • foremother
  • forerunner
  • genealogy
  • heritage
  • house
  • kindred
  • line
  • lineage
  • origin
  • parentage
  • pedigree
  • precursor
  • primogenitor
  • progenitor
  • race
  • source
  • stock
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