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Genealogy is the study and documentation of the ancestry and descendants of specific people, often with added reference to their lives, accomplishments and lifestyles. It is also the study of the history of one or more families, who need not have been prominent in any way.

This distinguishes it from more conventional history, which, when it focuses on people or families, usually deals with those who were prominent or who are believed to have had a significant impact on large numbers of people, or on whole nations.

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