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- Genealogy, n. An account of one's descent from a man who did not particularly care to trace his own. — Ambrose Bierce
- A friend of ours has a hobby doing genealogy, and we found out that we were cousins in the ninth degree, that… — Marion Zimmer Bradley
- People who lose children have their hearts warped into weird shapes. Some try to deny it has happened. Some pretend it hasn't.… — Michael Robotham
- History remembers only the celebrated, genealogy remembers them all. — Laurence Overmire
- The first track is the end of a string. At the far end, a being is moving; a mystery, dropping a hint about… — Tom Brown, Jr.
- Genealogy of ideas. You don’t get to pick your family, but you can pick your teachers and you can pick your friends… — Austin Kleon
- In 1650 Bishop Ussher dated the creation from the genealogy given in the Bible at 4004 B.C.; for a long time (even… — Leigh Page
- Every woman who appears wrestles with the forces that would have her disappear. She struggles with the forces that would tell her… — Rebecca Solnit
- The craze of genealogy is connected with the epidemic for divorce. If we can't figure out who our living relatives are, then… — Elizabeth Jane Howard
- Words have a genealogy and it's easier to trace the evolution of a single word than the evolution of a language. — Daniel Dennett
- There's a boom in genealogy now. With ancestry.com and other sites digitizing so many of the records, you can now find things… — Henry Louis Gates
- The past could be jettisoned . . . but seeds got carried. — Joan Didion