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Lesson Genealogy
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FACTS “A Personal journey is part of the generation relay.
to Understand Live your legacy then pass it on.”
- Jo Ann V. Glim

The word 'Genealogy' is derived from 'Genea' which means generation and 'logos'
means the knowledge. The knowledge of generation is the etymological meaning
of genealogy. It is the study of family history. A person who studies and prepares
genealogy is called a genealogist. While studying about the family history, they use
historical records, oral interviews, genetic analysis, etc. It can be figured out in a tree
chart too.
Importance of Genealogy

Genealogy is very important to know the family history. It is a passion, hobby,
curiosity or an obsession for the people. Some of the points that show importance of
genealogy are given below:
1. It recognizes or valids that the family stories about someone’s ancestors are true.
2. It determines genealogical proof of a family connections for potential heirs.
3. It settles the questions of land ownership by providing proof of descent.
4. It finds out whether a person is connected to someone famous or common
ancestors, or related to which sages like Basistha, Atri, Upamanyu, etc.
5. It clears the risk of getting certain medical conditions that tend to run in
families. Suppose in a family if there is a diabetic patient then it can transform
genetically to other generations.
6. It helps to find out the parents in case of loss or adoption.
7. It helps the Research Scholars to study about anyone’s family lineage.
8. It develops a sense of responsibility to preserve the past for the future generation
and sense of self-satisfaction in accurate story telling.

Family Tree

A family tree depicts the family’s lineage on a tree chart. It is interesting to know the
family record. It helps to know the origin of family or where we came from, or trace
the ancestry. It keeps the free record. Genealogists find easy to do DNA Test to find
the lost family. Family Tree DNA has the most comprehensive ancestry data base in
the world.

Case Study Raghav is studying in class 9. His teacher asked his class to prepare a family
tree. At first he was confused that how to make a family tree. He asked
his father then father suggested him the better option, ask his grandfather.
Grandfather easily solved his problem. He made his family tree like this.

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