How to Use genealogy in a Sentence

genealogy

noun
  • They've been researching their genealogies.
  • 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
  • The class will focus on tips and tricks in genealogy research.
    — Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Apr. 2025
  • Bath loved to draw, play video games and study his family's genealogy.
    — Meg Jones, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 3 Aug. 2020
  • 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
  • One of my pandemic projects was to take a deep dive into my genealogy.
    — Roy S. Johnson | [email protected], al, 31 May 2021
  • He was found through forensic genealogy, the news release says.
    — Minyvonne Burke, NBC News, 21 Nov. 2024
  • The case was the first use of genetic genealogy to solve a violent crime.
    — Jon Schuppe, NBC News, 29 Mar. 2022
  • In a place where genealogy is paramount, the Hawaiian bracelet is a way to honor the past.
    — Whitney Robinson, Town & Country, 28 Oct. 2020
  • The rest of the story, one of genealogy, research, and detective work, is worth your time.
    — Ellen McGirt, Fortune, 7 June 2022
  • Past that, Hermione is a frequent target of attacks about her genealogy.
    — Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 28 May 2025
  • All services are free and open to anyone at any stage of their research process—not just scholars or genealogy experts.
    — Hannah S. Ostroff, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Feb. 2021
  • The genealogy session is one of the most healing parts of the program, Harris said.
    — Nushrat Rahman, Freep.com, 14 Oct. 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
  • The case was one of the first to use genetic genealogy to identify unknown victims.
    — Kc Baker, PEOPLE, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Some callers ask for help searching genealogy databases.
    — Dallas Morning News, 17 Mar. 2026
  • 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
  • Check out music events, some dance, free genealogy classes, and the Sportsmen’s Show.
    — oregonlive, 24 Mar. 2021
  • Once that happens, your family details no longer live only on a genealogy website.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 18 Mar. 2026
  • 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 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
  • Jump forward to the present day where Ruby is featured on a genealogy television show that wants to track down her parents.
    — Cameron K McEwan, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 Dec. 2023
  • The researchers used the patterns to draw a sort of genealogy, linking each neuron first to its close cousins and then its more distant relatives.
    — New York Times, 21 May 2018
  • Here are three ways criminals can exploit genealogy data.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 18 Mar. 2026
  • For the exhibit, the two did an intricate design of a tree of Yemen and Arab genealogy.
    — Janice Neuman, Chicago Tribune, 21 Jan. 2025
  • There was not enough semen on Ramos to conduct a search using forensic genetic genealogy.
    — Amanda Lee Myers, USA Today, 21 Oct. 2025
  • This isn’t the first time an arrest in a cold case was made after DNA was submitted to a genealogy site.
    — Alexia Fernandez, PEOPLE.com, 26 June 2018
  • The ones that can track and track the genealogy and provenance of a specific batch and limit the impact of performing a product recall.
    — Richard Howells, Forbes, 19 May 2022
  • This is also why genealogy has become so powerful for many Black families.
    — Jeffrey Bennett, Time, 31 Mar. 2026

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