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==Origin==

==Origin==

[[Greek]] ''γενεᾱλογία'' tracing of [[descent]]. [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] ''genealogie'', from Anglo-French, from Late Latin ''genealogia'', from [[Greek]], from ''genea'' [[race]], [[family]] + -logia -logy; akin to [[Greek]] ''genos'' [[race]]

[[Greek]] ''γενεᾱλογία'' tracing of [[descent]]. [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=English#ca._1100-1500_.09THE_MIDDLE_ENGLISH_PERIOD Middle English] ''genealogie'', from Anglo-French, from Late Latin ''genealogia'', from [[Greek]], from ''genea'' [[race]], [[family]] + -logia -logy; akin to [[Greek]] ''genos'' [[race]]

*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/14th_century 14th Century]

*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/14th_century 14th Century]

==Definitions==

==Definitions==

*1: an account of the [[descent]] of a [[person]], [[family]], or [[group]] from an [[ancestor]] or from older forms

*1: an account of the [[descent]] of a [[person]], [[family]], or [[group]] from an [[ancestor]] or from older forms

The pursuit of [[family]] [[history]] tends to be shaped by several [[motivations]], including the [[desire]] to carve out a place for one's family in the larger historical [[picture]], a sense of [[responsibility]] to preserve the [[past]] for [[future]] [[generations]], and a sense of self-[[satisfaction]] in accurate storytelling.

The pursuit of [[family]] [[history]] tends to be shaped by several [[motivations]], including the [[desire]] to carve out a place for one's family in the larger historical [[picture]], a sense of [[responsibility]] to preserve the [[past]] for [[future]] [[generations]], and a sense of self-[[satisfaction]] in accurate storytelling.

Some [[scholars]] differentiate between genealogy and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Family_history family history], limiting genealogy to an account of [[kinship]], while using "family history" to denote the provision of additional details about lives and historical [[context]].

Some [[scholars]] differentiate between genealogy and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Family_history family history], limiting genealogy to an account of [[kinship]], while using "family history" to denote the provision of additional details about lives and historical [[context]].

Historically, in [[Western]] [[societies]] the [[focus]] of genealogy was on the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kinship_and_descent kinship and descent] of rulers and nobles, often arguing or demonstrating the legitimacy of claims to wealth and power. The term often overlapped with [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heraldry heraldry], in which the ancestry of royalty was reflected in their [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coats_of_arms coats of arms]. [[Modern]] [[scholars]] consider many claimed noble ancestries to be fabrications, such as the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglo-Saxons Anglo-Saxon] chronicles that traced the [[ancestry]] of several [[English]] [[kings]] to the god [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woden Woden].[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geneaology]

Historically, in [[Western]] [[societies]] the [[focus]] of genealogy was on the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kinship_and_descent kinship and descent] of rulers and nobles, often arguing or demonstrating the legitimacy of claims to wealth and power. The term often overlapped with [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heraldry heraldry], in which the ancestry of royalty was reflected in their [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coats_of_arms coats of arms]. [[Modern]] [[scholars]] consider many claimed noble ancestries to be fabrications, such as the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglo-Saxons Anglo-Saxon] chronicles that traced the [[ancestry]] of several [[English]] [[kings]] to the god [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woden Woden].[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geneaology]

[[Category: History]]

[[Category: History]]