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family history

family history noun: an extension to genealogy in which the life and times of the people concerned are investigated.

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.

family history meaning in Tamil

family history in Tamil

குடும்பத் தகவல், குடும்ப வரலாறு

Forms of family history

pluralfamily histories

Questions about family history

What does family history mean?
Family history means an extension to genealogy in which the life and times of the people concerned are investigated.
What is family history in Tamil?
Family history in Tamil is குடும்பத் தகவல், குடும்ப வரலாறு. See Family history meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is family history?
Family history is a noun.
What is the plural of family history?
The plural of family history is family histories.

Words near family history in the dictionary

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

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: family history (page history and authors); family history (Tamil Wiktionary) (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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