genealogically
Through family descent
In a manner relating to family lineage or ancestry.
Someone genealogically connected to royalty has blood ties to royal families.
Genealogically speaking, we're distant cousins.
The word appears in discussions of inheritance, heredity, and family history research.
Stored historical documents
- recordsStored data or albums
- censusOfficial population count
- documentationWritten proof or instructions
- DNA testingAnalyzing hereditary material
birth certificates · death records · marriage records · immigration records · ship manifests · naturalization papers · land deeds · cemetery records
Ancestry through generations
- family treeChart of ancestors
- pedigreeRecord of descent
- dynastySuccessive family rulers
- houseResidential building
clan · tribe · kinship · consanguinity · kinfolk · kindred · relatives · relations
Those from whom one descends
- forebearsAncestral family members
- progenitorsOriginal ancestors of a lineage
- forefathersAncestral predecessors
- foremothersFemale ancestors collectively
patriarchs · matriarchs · primogenitor · antecedents · predecessors · founders · originators · begetters
Those who come after
- progenyOne's biological descendants
- offspringBiological descendants produced
- posterityFuture generations collectively
- issuePoint of contention
succession · filiation · lineage · generations · heirs · inheritors · scions · children
Long-established customs passed down
- customsTraditional practices or import taxes
- legacyWhat's passed down
- inheritanceProperty received from ancestors
- heirloomsObjects passed through family lines
culture · folklore · ethnicity · provenance · homeland · motherland · fatherland · ancestral lands
archives
Stored historical documents
- recordsStored data or albums
- censusOfficial population count
- documentationWritten proof or instructions
DNA testing · birth certificates · death records · marriage records · immigration records · ship manifests · naturalization papers · land deeds · cemetery records · parish records
bloodline
Ancestry through generations
- family treeChart of ancestors
- pedigreeRecord of descent
- dynastySuccessive family rulers
house · clan · tribe · kinship · consanguinity · kinfolk · kindred · relatives · relations · stock
ancestors
Those from whom one descends
- forebearsAncestral family members
- progenitorsOriginal ancestors of a lineage
- forefathersAncestral predecessors
foremothers · patriarchs · matriarchs · primogenitor · antecedents · predecessors · founders · originators · begetters · sires
descendants
Those who come after
- progenyOne's biological descendants
- offspringBiological descendants produced
- posterityFuture generations collectively
issue · succession · filiation · lineage · generations · heirs · inheritors · scions · children · grandchildren
traditions
Long-established customs passed down
- customsTraditional practices or import taxes
- legacyWhat's passed down
- inheritanceProperty received from ancestors
heirlooms · culture · folklore · ethnicity · provenance · homeland · motherland · fatherland · ancestral lands · diaspora
genealogicallygeographically
Concerning location on Earth
spatially · randomly · arbitrarily · electively · voluntarily
- genealogical treeDiagram showing ancestral relationships
- genealogical recordsDocuments tracing family lineage
- genealogical chartDiagram tracing bloodlines