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genealogy

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


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The technique, known as forensic investigative genetic genealogy, incorporates public genealogy websites with DNA analysis.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 24, 2026

Looming behind the bluesman is a blackboard, on which a genealogy of the blues has been chalk-drawn in an orderly hand.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 28, 2025

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

“Anyway,” I say, “it’s a much broader genealogy than your Viking friend here.”

From "Dry" by Neal Shusterman and Jarrod Shusterman




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