genealogy
noun/ˌdʒiːniˈɑːlədʒi/
Frequency rank: #9,054 most common English word
Meaning
the study or tracing of lines of descent in a family; a family's recorded history.
Example sentence
She spent years researching her family's genealogy to trace her ancestors back to the 1700s.
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