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Recent Examples of genealogist
After taking an Ancestry DNA test and hiring a genealogist, Stunna met his father (who attended the wedding) and grandfather for the first time in June.
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Nathan Vinson, PEOPLE, 24 Sep. 2025
As a baby boomer and an amateur genealogist, I am continually frustrated by the lack of interest my grandchildren’s generation seems to have in learning about their family history — particularly mine.
—Jeanne Phillips, Mercury News, 13 Sep. 2025
Based in the Houston area, Othram offered its help through Project Grace, which covered costs, including the creation of a DNA profile from a victim sample, the uploading of information into a genealogy database and the investigation by a forensic genealogist, the Sheriff's Office said.
—Jose R. Gonzalez, AZCentral.com, 9 Sep. 2025
According to the district attorney, an investigative genealogist with the Columbus Police Department traced the man’s DNA and identified McNulty as a potential suspect.
—Daniella Segura, Sacbee.com, 5 Sep. 2025
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archivist
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Grateful Dead archivist David Lemieux remembered Bob Weir in a tribute posted on the band’s official social media pages.—
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That is how Ethel Walker wanted it, according to school archivist and teacher Kim Harris-Thacker, who is a font of knowledge about the school, its history and the interesting stories that star more than a century of students, teachers, and others.—
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“Genealogist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/genealogist. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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