How to Use genealogy in a Sentence

genealogy

noun
  • They've been researching their genealogies.
  • The genealogy of the French far right is clear: In the beginning was the loss of L’Algérie française.
    — Alice Kaplan, The New York Review of Books, 21 Oct. 2021
  • Moss’ case is among half a dozen the unit has solved with the use of forensic genealogy.
    — Jason Green, Mercury News, 28 May 2025
  • This is the first of a two-part class aimed at the genealogy beginner.
    — Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 May 2024
  • On some genealogy sites, his name is listed as Joseph J. H. Biden, which may be where the name in the claim came from.
    — Ella Lee, USA TODAY, 11 June 2020
  • In a place where genealogy is paramount, the Hawaiian bracelet is a way to honor the past.
    — Whitney Robinson, Town & Country, 28 Oct. 2020
  • In 2018, there was a break in the case when the DNA sample was sent to a genealogy database and matched to a very distant relative.
    — NBC News, 10 Feb. 2022
  • The rest of the story, one of genealogy, research, and detective work, is worth your time.
    — Ellen McGirt, Fortune, 7 June 2022
  • The class will focus on tips and tricks in genealogy research.
    — Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Apr. 2025
  • Many of them are former adoptees or birth parents, but some are just genealogy buffs with time on their hands.
    — Samantha M. Shapiro, Wired, 4 Mar. 2021
  • The case was the first use of genetic genealogy to solve a violent crime.
    — Jon Schuppe, NBC News, 29 Mar. 2022
  • He was not born with that name and does not appear in the official genealogy maintained in the archive of the Rothschilds.
    — Daniel Miller, Los Angeles Times, 4 Dec. 2024
  • For the exhibit, the two did an intricate design of a tree of Yemen and Arab genealogy.
    — Janice Neuman, Chicago Tribune, 21 Jan. 2025
  • For the love of genealogy, couldn’t it just have been passed on to another member of the family or lived out its life in the basement?
    — Sherry Kuehl, Kansas City Star, 11 June 2025
  • Then Del Bosque looked at her account on the genealogy site Ancestry.com and saw that the granddaughter shared a last name with two boys who might be her nephews.
    — Marisa Iati, Washington Post, 29 Nov. 2022
  • Capri, on the other hand, has a much shorter genealogy.
    — Vanessa Friedman, New York Times, 10 Apr. 2025
  • That genealogy may well have dictated the pushrod setup as well as the tight bore spacing that forces the LS1 engine to have a smaller bore and longer stroke than the old V-8.
    — Csaba Csere, Car and Driver, 7 Sep. 2023
  • The group will take a look at how DNA genealogy can help your research, and the companies that offer testing.
    — Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Jan. 2024
  • Bath loved to draw, play video games and study his family's genealogy.
    — Meg Jones, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 3 Aug. 2020
  • One of my pandemic projects was to take a deep dive into my genealogy.
    — Roy S. Johnson | [email protected], al, 31 May 2021
  • Many white genealogy buffs can trace their family trees all the way back to Huguenot rebels or Scottish chieftains.
    — Jennie Rothenberg Gritz, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Dec. 2023
  • He was found through forensic genealogy, the news release says.
    — Minyvonne Burke, NBC News, 21 Nov. 2024
  • Genetic genealogy first made headlines in 2018 when it was used to find the Golden State Killer.
    — Emily Shapiro, ABC News, 15 May 2024
  • Check out music events, some dance, free genealogy classes, and the Sportsmen’s Show.
    — oregonlive, 24 Mar. 2021
  • Your genealogy is a chart of your family, through time.
    — Amy Dickinson, The Denver Post, 29 July 2019
  • Your genealogy is a chart of your family, through time.
    — Ask Amy, al, 29 July 2019
  • Your genealogy is a chart of your family, through time.
    — Amy Dickinson, The Mercury News, 29 July 2019
  • Manteuffel's arrest marks at least the second major case from the region to hinge on the use of a genealogy database.
    — Christina Maxouris, CNN, 3 July 2019
  • The count has continued to grow as she’s checked registry records and genealogy websites.
    — Seth Klamann, Denver Post, 21 Apr. 2025
  • Sipos’ case is the first one to make it to a jury trial in San Diego, although the use of genetic genealogy was not discussed at his trial.
    — Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Apr. 2022

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