genealogy

study of families, family history, and lineages using oral interviews, historical records, and genetic analysis; results displayed in charts or narratives demonstrating kinship and pedigrees among family members
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genealogy
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Summary

genealogy is a field of study[1]. genealogy draws 3,997 Wikipedia views per month (field of study category, ranking #44 of 379).[2]

Key Facts

  • Instance of: genre[3], hobby[4]
  • Subclass of: humanities[5]
  • Part of: auxiliary science of history[6]
  • Commons category: Genealogy[7]
  • IPA transcription: ˌd͡ʒi.ni.ˈɑ.lə.d͡ʒi[8], ɡʲɪnʲɪɐˈɫoɡʲɪjə[9]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Genealogy[10]
  • Topic's main Wikimedia portal: Portal:Genealogy[11]
  • Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[12], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[13], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[14], Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron[15], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[16]
  • Topic has template: Template:Family tree[17]
  • Stack Exchange tag: https://stackoverflow.com/tags/genealogy[18]
  • Different from: genology[19], family medical history[20], genealogy[21], genealogical biography[22]
  • Hashtag: genealogy[23]
  • Practiced by: genealogist[24]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[25]

Body

Influence

Things named for genealogy include Genealogy Gophers[26], a website[27].

Why It Matters

genealogy has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] genealogy is known by 97 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

Entities named for genealogy include Genealogy Gophers[26], a website[27].

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Croatian Encyclopedia. Retrieved . id.loc.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . twitter.com. Retrieved . twitter.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . Art & Architecture Thesaurus. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [27] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 12w ago · OBender12 · 2026-07-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Jewish encyclopedia id → 6577
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Jewish encyclopedia id: 6577, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/167478808|GENEALOGY (#167478808)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/6351|Jewish Encyclopedia]]"
  2. 14w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → ['4KhYXF', '4dHEUX']
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
  3. 14w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-07-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikidata description → study of families, family history, and lineages using oral interviews, historica
    Harper's tag → genealogy
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: genealogy, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289929646|genealogy (#289929646)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]] #mix"
  4. 16w ago · Andre Engels · 2026-06-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Oxford classical dictionary id → 2813
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Oxford classical dictionary id: 2813, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/107285053|genealogy (#107285053)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/4102|Oxford Classi"
  5. 18w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → h0007492-genealogie
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: h0007492-genealogie, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259496|batch #259496]]"
  6. 19w ago · Matt898 · 2026-06-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Practiced by → genealogist
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Practiced by: seanchaí"
  7. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Maintained by wikiproject → WikiProject Genealogy
    Topic has template → Template:Family tree
    Aliases → —
    Subclass of → —
    + 14 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|7 */ Yso id: 18055, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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