GENEALOGY, an enumeration of a series of ancestors; or a summary account of the relations and alliances of a person or family, both in the direct and collateral line.
The word is Greek, γενεαλογία; which is formed of γενής, "race or lineage," and λόγος, "discourse."
In divers chapters and military orders, it is required,
that the candidates produce their genealogy, to show that they are noble by so many descents.