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: close relationship or connection. In secular law, cultural anthropology, or religious canon; it refers to a kinship relationship created (or that exists) between two persons as a result of marriage. May also include kinship by sexual congress, adoption or indirectly via a [https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Stepfamily step relationship]. <br />(Note that Catholic canon states 'affinity does not beget affinity'... that is, a spouse's siblings have no relationship by marriage to the other spouse's siblings. Thus multiple siblings of one family marrying siblings of another family would have no incestuous implications due to affinity.)
;<span id="anglicisation">Anglicisation</span>:
: process of making something (such as a surname) into an English variant
==C==
;<span id="cenotaph">Cenotaph</span>:
: A marker within a cemetery placed in honor of a person whose remains are elsewhere. It may also be the original marker for someone who has since been re-interred elsewhere.
;<span id="centimorgan">Centimorgan</span>:
:In [[#DNA|DNA]] analysis, a [https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Centimorgan centimorgan] (abbreviated cM, or cMs plural) is a unit for measuring genetic commonality. It describes a distance between loci (also termed chromosome positions or markers) where blocks of the chromosome tend not to break apart for recombination. In that block, the predicted frequency of intervening chromosomal crossovers is 0.01 over a single generation. While it is often used to infer distance along a chromosome, it is not a true physical distance. An alternative term is map unit (abbreviated m.u.) but this alternative form is less frequently seen in genealogy forums.
# a [https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Nucleic_acid nucleic acid] that carries genetic information.
==E==
;<span id="endonym">endonym </span>: <small>Source: [https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Endonym_and_exonym Wikipedia]</small><br />From the Greek terms: éndon, 'inner' + ónoma, 'name'; also known as autonym) is a common name for a geographical place, group of people, or a language/dialect, that is used only internally. <abbr title="id est - Latin phrase meaning 'that is'">i.e.</abbr>: inside that particular place, group, or linguistic community in question. It is their self-designated name for themselves, their homeland, or their language.<br />Conversely, an [[#exonym|exonym]] is a common name only used externally.
;<span id="eponym">eponym</span>: A person, place or thing which is honored by a namesake. Eponym is a term that tends to be used rarely and generically. To simplify the sentence "George Thomas met his eponym, his maternal uncle George Franklin.", you might write "George Thomas met his eponymous maternal uncle, George Franklin."
;<span id="exonym">exonym</span>: <small>Source: [https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Endonym_and_exonym Wikipedia]</small><br />From the Greek terms: éxō, 'outer'; also known as xenonym) is a common name for a geographical place, group of people, or a language/dialect, that is only used externally. <abbr title="id est - Latin phrase meaning 'that is'">i.e.</abbr>: outside that particular place, group, or linguistic community in question. Exonyms not only exist for [https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Historical_geography historico-geographical] reasons, but also in consideration of difficulties when pronouncing foreign words.<br />Conversely, an [[#endonym|endonym]] is a common name only used internally.
==F==
# generic: a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Family_tree representation] of Genealogical data
# in Gramps: a set of Genealogical data collected into a database file
;<span id="fonds">Fonds</span>:
: The entire body of records of an organization, family, or individual that have been created and accumulated as the result of an organic process reflecting the functions of the creator. The fonds is the chief Archive Unit in the Continental archival system and the basis of all rules of arrangement. The principle of [https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Provenance provenance] or the [https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Respect_des_fonds respect des fonds] dictates that records of different origins (provenance) be kept separate to preserve their context.<br />From Old French ''funz'' (“cultivated or developed land”)
==G==
;<span id="gedcom">GEDCOM</span>:
# acronym: '''Ge'''nealogy '''D'''ata '''Com'''munication
# a [[GEDCOM|format]] for exchanging genealogy data
;<span id="genealogy">genealogy</span>:
# the organized historical accounting of the descent of something that can be traced from an progenitor
# the study of ancestral and descendant lines
;<span id="genealogical numbering system">[[Genealogical_Numbering_Systems|genealogical numbering system]]</span>:
:A standardized method of abstractly indexing familial relationship by number or identifier. Most systems are biased towards identifying Ancestors (ascending) or Descendants (descending) and may have idiosyncractic methods for labeling collateral lines, spouses or indirect connections.
;<span id="gender">Gender</span>:
# [[Gramps_{{man version}}_Wiki_Manual_-_Entering_and_editing_data:_detailed_-_part_1#Gender]] person's gender : female, male, unknown, other.
==I==
==L==
;<span id="latin">Latin phrases</span>:: Documents will commonly contain annotations in [[Latin_words_and_expressions|Latin]] or their abbreviated forms: exempli gratia (<abbr title="exempli gratia - Latin phrase meaning 'for example'">e.g.</abbr>), et cetera (<abbr title="et cetera - Latin phrase meaning 'and so on'">etc.</abbr>), id est (<abbr title="id est - Latin phrase meaning 'that is'">i.e.</abbr>), nota bene <i>or </i> notate bene (<abbr title="nota bene (singular), notate bene (plural) - Latin phrase meaning 'note well'">N.B.</abbr>), post scriptum (<abbr title="post scriptum - Latin phrase meaning 'postscript - after what has been written'">P.S.</abbr>), sic erat scriptum (<abbr title="sic erat scriptum - Latin phrase meaning 'thus it was written'">''[sic]''</abbr>), sic erat scriptum, recte (<abbr title="sic erat scriptum, recte ____ - Latin phrase meaning 'thus it was written, rightly ____'">''[sic, recte ____]''</abbr>), videlicet (<abbr title="videlicet - Latin phrase meaning 'namely'; 'to wit'; 'precisely'; 'that is to say'">viz.</abbr>), versus (<abbr title="versus - Latin phrase meaning 'against'">vs.</abbr>) ;<span id="lrs">LDS </span> <span id="igi">IGI</span>:
: The [https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/The_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints] (sometimes abbreviated as LDS) [https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/International_Genealogical_Index International Genealogical Index] (IGI) reference identification system. The Ancestral File, Pedigree Resource File, and International Genealogical Index are [https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/en/LDS_Church_Records_Class_Handout records systems] in the LDS system.
==M==
;<span id="matronym">matronym</span>:
: personal name based on the name of one's mother
==N==
;<span id="nee">né, née</span>:
: meaning 'had been born', in masculine and feminine variants. Signifies the following surname was used prior to a name change. The change is not merely due to marriage, it can be for any reason including stage & pen names. Often omits the accent and gender distinction when used as the 'nee' [https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loanword loanword] from the past participle of the French base term: naître (to be born). Commonly assumed to mean 'formerly' in American documents... which exceeds the original intent of specifically indicating a birthname. See [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birth_name#Maiden_and_married_names Maiden and married names] on [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maiden_and_married_names Wikipedia]
;<span id="nickname">nickname</span>:
: A diminutive (familiar, pet) pseudonym.<br />''A linguistic stretch has been posited with the theory that the word is based on "an eke name" (an additional name) which became "an ekename" then by misdivision became "a nekename" to finally "a nickname." This is based on 'eke' from Old English 'eaca,' meaning "an increase" ''
;<span id="numbering system">Numbering system</span>:: Several [[Genealogical_Numbering_Systems|Genealogical Numbering Systems]] have been adopted by genealogists for indexing family trees and pedigree charts in text format. Each system provides a consistent methodology to determine the appropriate & predictable identifier for persons in a Family Tree. Most systems assign identifiers relative to a focal person and are oriented towards Ancestors (an ascending system) or Descendants (a descending system). Common numbering systems represented by features in Gramps include: [[Genealogical Numbering Systems#ahnentafel|Ahnen (often called "Ahnentafel")]], [[Genealogical Numbering Systems#d'aboville|d'Aboville]], [[Genealogical Numbering Systems#de villiers|de Villiers]], [[Genealogical Numbering Systems#henry|Henry]], [[Genealogical Numbering Systems#meurgey de tupigny|Meurgey de Tupigny]], [[Genealogical Numbering Systems#register|Register]], [[Genealogical Numbering Systems#Sosa-stradonitz|Sosa-Stradonitz]].
==P==
;<span id="patronym">patronym</span>:
: personal name based on the name of one's father (The adjective ''patronymic'' means derived from one's father while ''avonymic'' is derived from one's grandfather. When used as a noun, it refers to a name of that derivation.)
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;<span id="prox">proximo (prox.)</span>:
==R==
;<span id="recte">recte</span>:: From the Latin term "recte" meaning "rightly, correctly". A short form of 'sic, recte ____' (which is a short form of 'sic erat scriptum, recte ____') - Latin phrase meaning 'thus it was written, rightly ____'. Used parenthetically in a verbatim quotation clarify an ambiguous error in the original. (In contrast, the Latin term "sic" notes an unambiguous error without correcting it.) See also [https://wiktionary.org/wiki/recte recte definition]
;<span id="romanization">Romanization</span>:
: linguistic representation of a word in the Roman (Latin) alphabet
==S==
;<span id="sic">sic</span>:: From the Latin term "sic" meaning "thus, so". Used parenthetically in a verbatim quotation to denote "it was as thus" -- that an obvious error is maintained as in the original. (In contrast, the Latin term "recte" notes an ambiguous error with correction.) See also [https://wiktionary.org/wiki/sic sic definition] ;<span id="sic">Sex</span>:: See gender
==U==
