noun (plural genealogies)
1 [U] the study of family history, including the study of who the ancestors of a particular person were
2 [C] a particular person's line of ancestors; a diagram that shows this
genealogical adjective [onlybeforenoun]:
a genealogical chart / table / tree (= a chart with branches that shows a person's ancestors)
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