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Genealogy also known as family history, is the study of families and the tracing of their lineages and history.
Genealogy may also refer to:
- Genealogy (philosophy), a historical technique in philosophy in which one questions the commonly understood emergence of various philosophical and social beliefs by attempting to account for the scope, breadth or totality of ideology within the time period in question, as opposed to focusing on a singular or dominant ideology. Considered continuation of the works of Friedrich Nietzsche.
- Genealogy (linguistics), also known as genetic relationship, the connection between two or more languages descended from a common ancestor through the process of language change
Entertainment
edit- Fire Emblem: Genealogy of the Holy War, a 1996 video game
- Genealogy (band), 6-member Armenian supergroup formed to represent Armenia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2015 from Armenia and five continents where Armenian diaspora is present
See also
edit- List of genetic genealogy topics
- Genealogy book, register used to record the family history of ancestors
- Genealogy tree, alternative term for Family tree
- Genealogy software, computer software used to record, organize, and publish genealogical data
- GenealogyJ, software for editors for genealogic data, hobbyists, family historians and genealogy researchers
- Academic genealogy, concerned with organizing a 'family tree' of scientists and scholars according to mentoring relationships