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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 examplegiving the names of father-son-grandson such as "Abraham begat Isaac; and Issac 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 added insights into the likelihood of the biological relationship between two individuals, and the percentage of ancestry which was from a specific ethnic group.