Genealogy Definitions
- Ahnentafel -- list or table of ancestors
- Ahnentafel numbering system -- system used to number a person’s ancestors
- Ancestor -- person from whom another person is descended, for example, a parent, grandparent, or great-grandparent
- Ancestor chart -- form for recording genealogical information on several generations of a person’s ancestors; also known as a pedigree chart
- Blood relationship -- relationship between persons descended from a common ancestor
- c./ca. -- abbreviation for “circa”
- Circa -- Latin term meaning “about”
- Co. -- abbreviation for “County”
- Collateral relationship -- relationship between persons descended from a common ancestor, but not in the direct line, for example, a great-aunt, uncle, cousin, or nephew
- Common ancestor -- mutual ancestor of two or more persons
- Cousin -- person with whom one has ancestors in common
- Cousin, first -- person with whom one has in common two grandparents and their ancestors
- Cousin, removed -- person descended from a common ancestor, but by a different number of generations; one generation would be “once removed,” two generations would be “twice removed”
- Cousin, second -- person with whom one has in common two great-grandparents and their ancestors
- Cousin, third -- person with whom one has in common two great-great-grandparents and their ancestors
- Descendant -- person who is descended from another person, for example, a child, grandchild, or great-grandchild
- Family history -- history of a person’s family or ancestors
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