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From Middle English genealogie genologie genelogie Old French genealogie French généalogie Late Latin genealogia Ancient Greek γενεαλογία ( genealogía ) , from γενεά ( geneá , “ generation, descent ” ) + -λογία ( -logía , “ study of ” ) , equivalent to Ancient Greek γενεά ( geneá ) + -logy
genealogy (countable and uncountable plural genealogies
( countable ) descent of a person , family , or group from an ancestor or ancestors; lineage or pedigree .
2004 October 24, Bill Gladstone, “The oldest family in the world”, in Jewish Telegraphic Agency [1] the original on 28 September 2021 :The book significantly extends on Rosenstein’s monumental 1990 work, “The Unbroken Chain,” which focused on the genealogies of the major Ashkenazi rabbinic dynasties from medieval times to the present.
( countable ) record or table of such descent; a family tree .( uncountable ) study , and formal recording of such descents.
2026 February 19, Andy Rose, “With no initial DNA match, Guthrie investigators turn to one of their newest tools to crack cases: genetic genealogy”, in CNN [2] Warner Bros. Discovery , archived from the original on 10 March 2026 :“Investigators are currently looking into additional investigative genetic genealogy options for DNA evidence to check for matches,” the Pima County Sheriff’s Department said Tuesday.
descent of a person, family or group from ancestors
— see also ancestry
Arabic: please add this translation if you can
Belarusian: генеалóгія f ( hjenjealóhija ) , генэалёгія f ( hjenealjóhija )
Bulgarian: родосло́вие (bg) n ( rodoslóvie ) , генеало́гия (bg) f ( genealógija )
Catalan: genealogia f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 血統 / 血统 (zh) ( xuètǒng )
Czech: genealogie (cs) f
Danish: slægtsforskning n
Dutch: stamboom (nl)
Esperanto: genealogio
Finnish: sukupuu (fi)
French: généalogie (fr) f
Galician: xenealoxía (gl) f
Georgian: გენეალოგია (ka) ( genealogia )
German: Abstammung (de) f
Gothic: 𐌲𐌰𐌱𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌸𐌹𐍅𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌳 n ( gabaurþiwaurd )
Greek: γενεαλογία (el) f ( genealogía )
Ancient Greek: γενεᾱλογῐ́ᾱ f ( geneālogĭ́ā )
Hungarian: származás (hu) , leszármazás (hu)
Irish: ginealach m
Italian: genealogia (it) f
Japanese: 血統 (ja) ( けっとう, kettō )
Kazakh: ру тарихы ( ruw tarıyxı )
Korean: 혈통(血統) (ko) ( hyeoltong )
Ladino: jenealojia
Latvian: ģenealoģija f
Lithuanian: genealogija f
Macedonian: родословие n ( rodoslovie )
Māori: whāwhārua ( via the female line ) , taotahi ( via a single line ) , kōhikohiko ( via selected ancestors only ) , whakapapa
Middle English: genelogie kynrede
Norman: généalogie f
Persian: please add this translation if you can
Plautdietsch: Häakunft f
Polish: genealogia (pl) f rodowód (pl) m inan pochodzenie (pl) n
Portuguese: genealogia (pt) f
Russian: генеало́гия (ru) f ( genealógija ) , родосло́вная (ru) f ( rodoslóvnaja ) , родосло́вие (ru) n ( rodoslóvije )
Scottish Gaelic: sloinntearachd f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: ро̏досло̄вље f генеало̀гија f
Latin: rȍdoslōvlje (sh) n genealògija (sh) f
Slovak: genealógia f
Slovene: rodoslovje (sl) n
Spanish: genealogía (es) f
Swedish: härkomst (sv)
Tagalog: henealohiya talaangkanan
Tamil: பேர்வழி (ta) ( pērvaḻi )
Ukrainian: генеалóгія f ( henealóhija ) , родові́д m ( rodovíd )
Welsh: achau f pl achyddiaeth f
record or table of such descent
Arabic: please add this translation if you can
Catalan: genealogia f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 系譜 / 系谱 (zh) ( xìpǔ ) , 族譜 / 族谱 (zh) ( zúpǔ ) , 家譜 / 家谱 (zh) ( jiāpǔ )
Czech: genealogický strom m rozrod m
Dutch: kwartierstaat parenteel (nl) , stamreeks stamboom (nl) , genealogie (nl)
Farefare: genealogia
Faroese: ættarbók f ( biblical ) , ættartal n ( genealogical table )
Finnish: sukupuu (fi)
French: généalogie (fr) f
Georgian: გენეალოგია (ka) ( genealogia )
German: Ahnentafel (de) f
Hindi: वंशावली (hi) ( vañśāvlī ) , पुश्तनामा (hi) ( puśtanāmā ) , वंशक्रम (hi) ( vañśakram ) , वंशवृक्ष ( vañśvŕkṣ ) , पीढ़ीनामा ( pīṛhīnāmā ) , कुरसीनामा (hi) ( kursīnāmā ) , वंशानुक्रम (hi) ( vañśānukram ) , वंशानुक्रम (hi) ( vañśānukram ) , नसबनामा ( nasabnāmā ) , शजरा (hi) ( śajrā ) , शजरा-ए-नसब ( śajrā-e-nasab ) , सिलसिला-ए-नसब ( silsilā-e-nasab )
Hungarian: családfa (hu)
Italian: genealogia (it) f
Japanese: 家譜 (ja) ( かふ, kafu )
Kazakh: шежіре ( šejire )
Korean: 족보(族譜) (ko) ( jokbo ) , 계보(系譜) (ko) ( gyebo ) , 가계(家系) (ko) ( gagye )
Macedonian: родословие n ( rodoslovie )
Norman: généalogie f
Persian: please add this translation if you can
Polish: genealogia (pl) f
Portuguese: genealogia (pt) f
Russian: генеало́гия (ru) f ( genealógija )
Scottish Gaelic: sloinntearachd f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: ро̏досло̄вље f генеало̀гија f
Latin: rȍdoslōvlje (sh) n genealògija (sh) f
Spanish: genealogía (es) f
Swedish: stamtavla (sv)
Tamil: பேர்வழி (ta) ( pērvaḻi )
Ukrainian: please add this translation if you can
Welsh: achyddiaeth f achres f
study and recording of descents
Afrikaans: genealogie
Albanian: gjenealogjia gjenealogji (sq) f
Arabic: عِلْمُ الْأَنْسَاب m ( ʕilmu l-ʔansāb )
Armenian: ծագումնաբանություն (hy) ( cagumnabanutʻyun )
Asturian: xenealoxía
Azerbaijani: genealogiya
Bashkir: генеалогия ( ginialugiya )
Basque: genealogia (eu)
Belarusian: генеалóгія f ( hjenjealóhija ) , генэалёгія f ( hjenealjóhija )
Breton: lignezouriezh
Bulgarian: родосло́вие (bg) n ( rodoslóvie ) , генеало́гия (bg) f ( genealógija )
Catalan: genealogia f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 系譜學 / 系谱学 (zh) ( xìpǔxué ) , 譜系學 / 谱系学 (zh) ( pǔxìxué )
Chuvash: генеалоги ( genealogi )
Corsican: genealogia
Czech: genealogie (cs) f
Danish: genealogi (da) c
Dhivehi: ނަސަބުގެ ޢިލްމު ( nasabuge ʿilmu )
Dutch: genealogie (nl) , stamboomonderzoek (nl) n
Esperanto: genealogio
Estonian: genealoogia
Farefare: genealogia
Finnish: sukututkimus (fi)
French: généalogie (fr) f
Galician: xenealoxía (gl)
Georgian: გენეალოგია (ka) ( genealogia )
German: Ahnenforschung (de) f Genealogie (de) f
Greek:
Ancient Greek: γενεαλογία f ( genealogía )
Hebrew: גֵּנֵאָלוֹגְיָה (he) f ( genealógya )
Hindi: वंशिकी ( vañśikī )
Hungarian: genealógia (hu) , származástan (hu)
Icelandic: ættfræði f
Ido: genealogio (io)
Indonesian: genealogi (id)
Irish: ginealas m
Italian: genealogia (it) f
Japanese: 系譜学 ( けいふがく, keifugaku )
Kazakh: генеалогия ( genealogıya ) , тектану ( tektanuw )
Korean: 계보학(系譜學) ( gyebohak )
Kyrgyz: генеалогия ( genealogiya )
Latin: genealogia
Latvian: ģenealoģija f
Lithuanian: genealogija f
Macedonian: родословие n ( rodoslovie )
Malay: kaji salasilah genealogi
Malayalam: വംശാവലിപഠനം ( vaṁśāvalipaṭhanaṁ )
Norman: généalogie f
Norwegian:
Bokmål: genealogi m slektsforskning m or f
Nynorsk: genealogi m slektsforsking m or f
Occitan: genealogia
Pashto: نوغپوهنه (ps)
Persian:
Iranian Persian: تَبارْشِناسی ( tabâršenâsi )
Picard: généalodjie
Polish: genealogia (pl) f
Portuguese: genealogia (pt) f
Romanian: genealogie (ro) f
Russian: генеало́гия (ru) f ( genealógija )
Scots: genealogy
Scottish Gaelic: sloinntearachd f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: ро̏досло̄вље f генеало̀гија f
Latin: rȍdoslōvlje (sh) n genealògija (sh) f
Shona: unenavabari
Sicilian: catanannu (scn)
Slovak: genealógia f
Slovene: rodoslovje (sl) n
Spanish: genealogía (es) f
Sundanese: généalogi
Swedish: släktforskning (sv) c genealogi (sv) c
Tajik: таборшиносӣ ( taboršinosi ) , авлодшиносӣ ( avlodšinosi ) , шаҷарашиносӣ ( šajarašinosi )
Turkish: soy bilimi (tr) , jenealoji (tr)
Turkmen: genealogiýa
Ukrainian: генеалóгія f ( henealóhija )
Uzbek: genealogiya (uz)
Vietnamese: gia phả học 家譜學
Volapük: genealog
Welsh: achyddiaeth f
Yiddish: ייחוס ( yikhes )
