genealogy

系譜学、家系調査

家族の歴史を調べ、世代間の血縁関係を記録すること。

やさしい英語で： The study of family history and the recording of relationships between generations.

• Genealogy is her favourite hobby.
• He studies genealogy using old birth records.
• The local genealogy society helped us search the archives.

類義語： family history research

よく使う表現： study genealogy, genealogy research, genealogy society

家系、血統

人や集団を、以前の世代につなぐ家族のつながり。

やさしい英語で： The line of family members that connects a person or group to earlier generations.

• Her genealogy reaches back several centuries.
• They traced the family’s genealogy to a small village.
• His genealogy includes relatives from three different countries.

類義語： ancestry, lineage, descent

よく使う表現： family genealogy, trace someone’s genealogy, royal genealogy

家系図、系譜

家族の人々と、世代をまたぐ血縁関係を示す記録や図。

やさしい英語で： A written record or diagram showing family members and how they are related across generations.

• She drew a genealogy of her family.
• The genealogy lists names and birth dates.
• We found an old genealogy in the archive.

類義語： family tree, pedigree

よく使う表現： written genealogy, compile a genealogy, family genealogy