GENEAL'OGY, noun [Latin genealogia; Gr. race, and discourse; Eng. kind.] 1. An account or history of the descent of a person or family from an ancestor; enumeration of ancestors and their children in the natural order of succession. 2. Pedigree; lineage; regular descent of a person or family from a progenitor.
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