Gēn'e-âl'o-gy, n.

(Synop., § 130), n. [Fr. généalogie, Sp., It., & Lat. genealogia, Gr. γενεαλογία, γενεά, birth, race, descent, and λόγος, discourse.]

1. An account or history of the descent of a person or family from an ancestor; enumeration of ancestors and their children in the natural order of succession; a pedigree.
2. Regular descent of a person or family from a progenitor; pedigree; lineage.