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family histories

family histories is the plural of family history.

Meaning of family history

Noun

family history (countable and uncountable, plural family histories)

  1. An extension to genealogy in which the life and times of the people concerned are investigated.
    • Family history puts flesh on the bones of genealogy.
  2. Information concerning the disorders suffered by the direct relatives of a patient; especially useful if the disorders are genetic.

Questions about family histories

What is family histories the plural of?
Family histories is the plural of family history.

Words near family histories in the dictionary

  1. family groupings
  2. family guy
  3. family guys
  4. family historian
  5. family historians
  6. family histories
  7. family history
  8. family home evening
  9. family home evenings
  10. Family Islands
  11. family jewels

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Adapted from Wiktionary: family histories (page history and authors); family history (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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