successive generations of kin 
the study or investigation of ancestry and family history
Genealogy is the study and tracing of family pedigrees. This involves collecting the names of relatives, both living and deceased, and establishing the relationships between them based on primary, secondary and/or circumstantial evidence or documentation, thus building up a cohesive family tree. ...
Michel Foucault's concept of genealogy is the history of the position of the subject which traces the development of people and society through history. His genealogy of the subject accounts for the constitution of knowledges, discourses, domains of objects etc., without having to make reference to a subject which is either transcendental in relation to the field of events or runs in its empty sameness throughout the course of history.
study of one's ancestry.
a family tree or web of kinship relationships traced through parents and children. Also called a kindred.
the study of a persons family, its origins, and the progression from one generation to the next
A history of the family lines of decent.
The noted history of the genetic ancestry of a variety.
record of a person's relatives constructed beginning with the earliest ancestors.
The downline sales organization of a company or Representative often called simply a Downline.
Noun (Plural: Genealogies) Searching for information about family history, including constructing a family tree etc.
a history or account of one's ancestry, tracing back through generations of relatives
is a term Foucault borrowed from Frederich Nietzsche. Through genealogical study, Foucault examines how discourses and social practices manifest the limitations of traditional historical study; the process discloses the human power plays of domination, imposition of order, subjugation, and struggle through resistance (Agnello 4).
Study of the origins and descent of families; a written history of the descent of a person or family from an ancestor
The study of family ancestries &amp; histories.
the study or record of the ancestry and descent of a person, family, group etc.
