as in ancestry
the line of ancestors from whom a person is descended
has a distinguished genealogy that traces back to William the Conqueror
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Recent Examples of genealogy
Investigators then turned to forensic genetic genealogy, a practice that uses genealogy research coupled with analysis of DNA.
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Sara Schilling, Miami Herald, 17 Apr. 2025
Genetic genealogy is an investigative tool -- first used in 2018 in the arrest of the Golden State Killer -- in which unknown DNA from a crime scene is identified by comparing it to family members who voluntarily submit DNA samples to a database.
—Emily Shapiro, ABC News, 17 Apr. 2025
Investigators then loaded the woman’s profile into two consumer genealogy databases that work with law enforcement, GEDmatch and Family Tree DNA.
—Saleen Martin, USA Today, 8 Apr. 2025
Last year, an Orange County Sheriff’s Department investigator contacted the department’s cold case unit offering to help identify Parks’ remains with the use of forensic genealogy.
—Marc Ramirez, USA Today, 13 May 2025
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Sara Schilling, Miami Herald, 17 Apr. 2025
Genetic genealogy is an investigative tool -- first used in 2018 in the arrest of the Golden State Killer -- in which unknown DNA from a crime scene is identified by comparing it to family members who voluntarily submit DNA samples to a database.
—Emily Shapiro, ABC News, 17 Apr. 2025
Investigators then loaded the woman’s profile into two consumer genealogy databases that work with law enforcement, GEDmatch and Family Tree DNA.
—Saleen Martin, USA Today, 8 Apr. 2025
Last year, an Orange County Sheriff’s Department investigator contacted the department’s cold case unit offering to help identify Parks’ remains with the use of forensic genealogy.
—Marc Ramirez, USA Today, 13 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for genealogy
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Expanding Knowledge on Prostate Cancer Researchers are now working to develop a version of the test that can detect more prostate cancer risk variants in other populations, such as those with Asian and African ancestry.—
Jack Knudson,
Discover Magazine,
14 May 2025
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As the first Catholic pope from the United States, Pope Leo XIV has an ancestry that traces back to the Creole and free people of color from Louisiana, illustrating complex and interconnected issues of race and class in American history.—
Maya Eaglin,
NBC news,
13 May 2025
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Metadata management tools integrated into Big Data ecosystems provide data lineage tracing, enabling organizations to know precisely where data originates, how it’s transformed and who has accessed it.—
Shinoy Vengaramkode Bhaskaran,
Forbes.com,
30 May 2025
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While both belong to the same species, the lineages have genetic differences.—
Sara Hashemi,
Smithsonian Magazine,
28 May 2025
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Highlights include a pocket watch owned by Al Capone at Sotheby’s, a Rolex Daytona with a racing pedigree at Phillips and a Patek Philippe from 1989 that was once the world’s most complicated watch, from Christie’s.—
Carol Besler,
Forbes.com,
23 May 2025
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Nowhere did the gold standard develop a more distinguished pedigree than in Britain, which established it in the 1700s and maintained it almost continuously until World War I. Most countries suspended the gold standard during the War but returned to it afterward.—
Time,
Time,
23 May 2025
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The Duck Dynasty patriarch died at age 79 on Sunday after being diagnosed in 2024 with Alzheimer’s disease, his family announced in statements on social media.—
Chad de Guzman,
Time,
26 May 2025
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Back in the dining room, the family argument escalates.—
Matt Cabral,
EW.com,
26 May 2025
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“Genealogy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/genealogy. Accessed 5 Jun. 2025.
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