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genealogy

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


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While law enforcement did not get any hits in the federal database, they are also employing genetic genealogy in an effort to identify a suspect in the case.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 19, 2026

“We’re not done. We’ve got a lot more in front of us,” he said, including testing the DNA against genealogy sites.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 18, 2026

John said TV programmes and genealogy companies "drive this theory that every outcome is good, that you'll find war heroes... or a suffragette, but lots of people don't."

From BBC • Oct. 24, 2025

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

From Slate • Aug. 23, 2025

He was an encyclopedia when it came to Xhosa genealogy and told me facts about my father that I had never known.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela




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