GenWeekly, Vol. VII, No. 9
It's Genealogy. It's Weekly. It's GenWeekly.
February 26, 2010
Elisabeth Lindsay, Editor
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This Week's Articles
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by Rita Marshall. Two free online resources for locating relatives lost in World War II.
by Alan Smith. A clarification of DNA terms and relationships.
Recent News
- Family Tree Magazine's Top 40 Blogs may help navigate the seas. Genealogy blogs have much to offer, but where to start?
- Another approach to writing family history. Comparing the ingredients of family history to putting together good stew.
- A Review of the Basics for Beginning Researchers. A good summary with some insider tips.
The Genealogy Guide
In the interest of helping readers gain better insight into genealogical terms, Genealogy Today has created a Genealogy Guide. Each week, GenWeekly features a new term from the continually expanding Genealogy Guide.
In genealogy, allied family or allied lines are terms describing the relationship of one person or family to another. These terms is often confused with associated family or associated lines, but there is a difference. The word "allied" refers to kinship; whereas, the word "associate" derived from the word "socius," meaning "companion," refers to a union -- such as marriage -- and not necessarily kinship. Additionally, the word "associate" often implies subordinate status, without full rights and privileges; for example, an associate professor versus a full professor.
Allied family, then, refers to people directly related to one another such as siblings, aunts, uncles, and cousins, also referred to as collateral lines. It would not, however, relate to direct line ancestors such as parents, grandparents, and great-grandparents. Associated family, on the other hand, refers to spouses and spouse families, indirectly related. While the confusion of terms is understandable, the distinction may be important, especially when publishing family histories and genealogies.
Archive Articles
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