Definition of genealogist
: a person who traces or studies the descent of persons or families
Updated on: 9 Aug 2018
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Since then, art fans, bloggers and amateur genealogists alike have delved into the implausible back story of the reclusive, pack-rat nanny.
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Tacoma police hire a genetic genealogist to test DNA sample from Welch’s killer.
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The rarity of the names has turned out to be almost the only break that has gone the way of the genealogists searching for descendants.
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So for the last few years, Tveidt has been using a very modern method to seek his biological parents: DNA testing combined with the vast hive-mind of the internet's genealogists.
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Moore, the genealogist, had used genetic family mapping to narrow the possibilities down to two sisters.
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To flesh out the search, Deal and the genealogists who assisted him had to go as far back as Maier’s great-grandparents and then work their way through myriad levels of first and second cousins.
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After more than three decades of working the cold case, police in May called on a genetic genealogist to help.
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GEDmatch has long been a theoretical source of leads for the police, says CeCe Moore, a genetic genealogist who worked on the Snohomish case.
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