Learn English meaning of 'genealogy'

Date: Nov 21 2016

Intro

A photo album is very useful for genealogy. A photo album has pictures of relatives and ancestors. A photo album might have a family tree with information about births, marriages, children, and deaths.

Dominique found a family tree in an old photo album. Gary’s family does a lot of genealogy and will have a family reunion soon. Listen to this English lesson to learn more about the families of Gary and Dominique.

Vocab

ancestors n.

Definition

Example My ancestors come from Germany and Scotland.

photo album n.

Definition

Example I have a photo album that contains lots of pictures of me and my friends.

family tree n.

Definition

Example I want to make a family tree to learn more about my relatives and ancestors.

only child n.

Definition

Example I was an only child, but I hung out with my cousins when I was young.

family reunion n.

Definition

Example We are having a family reunion this weekend. I haven't seen some of my relatives for years!

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Discussion

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What do you know about your ancestors? Do you have a photo album or a family tree?

Comments

curlyygirl

Turkey

my ancestors come from mesopotamia i don’t have an album .i don’t know who my great grand-mother and great grand-father. i know just my grand-mother and great-father

Seiyfk

Turkey

Genealogy is a popular study recently ..normally Every person wonders whos their ancestors,where and how they lived ..

for me its very complicated story..they say ,we came from near river Kuban ,Caucassia lands 150 years ago to Anatolia ( Ottoman Empire) land.and my childhood passed as listening the Caucassia stories ..they were narrating, river Kuban was blue too much and Caucasia mountains were emerald green ..like a fairtale..))