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Genealogy
Genealogy is the study of, or research into one's human ancestors, their families, descendants, and relationships.

Scope
Historically, a minimum genealogy involved the oral recital, or written recording of descendant relationships, for example, giving the names of father-son-grandson such as "Abraham begat Isaac; and Isaac begat Jacob . . ." Modern Western genealogists usually consider the recording of names, event (birth, marriage, and death) dates, event places, and relationships as essential. These names, dates, places, and relationships are often recorded on forms such as pedigrees, family group records, or descendancy charts. Many genealogists also supplement this with "memories" type information such as personal biographical sketches, family histories, lore, traditions, heraldry, and portraits. In recent decades DNA studies have shown the likelihood of the biological relationship between two individuals, and added some insight into the percentage of one's ancestry which was from a specific ethnic group.