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Creative Definition:
Genealogical
Originally Found in the Sentence, "A genealogical chart, tracing parents to children." (Beth Revis)
Prefix: none
Root: gene - meaning "birth" and "race"
Suffix: ical - meaning "relating to scientific or social system"
Dictionary Definition of the Word: The study of ancestry and family history.
Sentence Definition of the Word: When one does genealogical research, they can find the genetic history and ancestry of a person.
Other Forms of the Word: genealogist, genealogists, genealogy, genealogically
Similar Words Using Different Roots, Prefixes, and Suffixes: paternity, ancestry, dynasty, history
Etymology:
The original word genealogy comes from Old French and Late Latin descent from the Greek word genealogia "the making of a pedigree," to genea "generation, descent"
An Old English word for it from 1768 was folctalu, literally "folk tale" meaning "study of family trees"
The period from approximately 1500 in western Europe and later in the English-speaking world, in the early days of civilization, before written records were made, oral traditions were necessarily important and pedigrees were created to preserve the history of genealogy
Model Sentences:
"The case underscores the potential of forensic genealogy, in which DNA samples are run through genealogical databases to locate matches."
"In this current lecture, Dr. Scott will discuss the various DNA tests that are available and explain how you can use those results to advance your genealogical research."
"A woman known for 37 years only as Horseshoe Harriet, one of a dozen or so victims of a notorious Alaska serial killer, has been identified through genetic genealogy and a DNA match, authorities said Friday."
"For years, some of the victims of John Wayne Gacy had gone unidentified. DNA and expanding genealogical databases allowed officials to identify a victim this month."
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