noun. a chart showing the genealogical relationships and lines of descent of a family. Also called: genealogical tree.

What is a genealogical tree?

A family tree, also called a genealogy or a pedigree chart, is a chart representing family relationships in a conventional tree structure. More detailed family trees, as used in medicine and social work, are known as genograms.

What does genealogical records mean?

a record or account of the ancestry and descent of a person, family, group, etc. ... descent from an original form or progenitor; lineage; ancestry.