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ancestor

vr.tr.ancestor · PHY.LIV

Let an agent help people trace ancestors through records, explain generation terms and genetic ancestry in general terms, respect privacy and community practices, and attribute ancestor veneration to its traditions.

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Research draft, second pass

A second pass drafted this model: the structure a model of this thing needs, and what is known about it in the world. The line under this one says how the second half was obtained - researched against sources, or recalled without web access, in which case nothing here was read anywhere and every claim is a lead to verify. Unreviewed either way.

written by Claude from model knowledge without web access - no source was read, every claim is a lead to verify

Researched by: Claude

Purpose and description

Let an agent help people trace ancestors through records, explain generation terms and genetic ancestry in general terms, respect privacy and community practices, and attribute ancestor veneration to its traditions.

A person from whom one is descended through a parent, such as a grandparent, great-grandparent or more remote forebear; in biology the term also covers ancestral species, and many cultures honour ancestors through remembrance or veneration.

What it is for: Genealogy, identity, inheritance and cultural practice.

It can be name ancestors by generation; trace ancestors through records; understand what DNA tests can show; describe ancestor veneration practices as communities describe them.

Distinguishing features

Earlier generation in a line of descent

Number doubles each generation back

Recorded in documents

Culturally significant

What it looks like

Represented in family trees, records, portraits and memorials.

How it is recognised

Generation terms such as great-grandmother

Pedigree charts

Descendants are later generations

Related models

is a kind of - category

senior relative

is related to - relation

descent-relation

is recorded in - practice

genealogy

is contrasted with - counterpart

descendant

In practice

Families and kinds

parents and grandparents

great- and great-great-grandparents

remote ancestors

common ancestors

ancestral species (biology)

Standards and regulation

Access rules for civil and parish records

Data protection for living relatives

Rules on handling human remains and burial sites

Failure modes and hazards

Unsupported family legends presented as fact

Revealing private data about living relatives

Over-interpreting DNA ethnicity estimates

Also called

great-grandfathergreat-great-grandfathergreat-grandmothergreat-great-grandmotherpaternal grandfather's fatherfather's mother's fathermaternal great-grandfathermother's mother's fatherpaternal great-great-grandfatherfather's father's father's fatherfather's father's mother's fatherfather's mother's father's fatherfather's mother's mother's fathermother's father's father's fathermother's father's mother's fathermother's mother's father's fathermother's mother's mother's fatherpaternal great-grandmotherfather's mother's mothermother's mother's motherfather's father's father's motherfather's father's mother's motherfather's mother's father's motherfather's mother's mother's mothermother's father's father's mothermother's father's mother's mothermother's mother's father's mothermother's mother's mother's mothergreat-great-great-grandparent5th great-grandparent6th great-grandparent7th great-grandparent8th great-grandparent9th great-grandparent10th great-grandparent11th great-grandparent12th great-grandparentgreat-grandparentgreat-great-grandparent5th great-grandfather

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Where this came from

wikidata · CC0 1.0

Source repository Registry entry point

Drafted structure

Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.

Terms Generations.

Terms mark generations.

Generation

Naming.

Generation

Generation terms.

  1. What is the correct term for this ancestor, such as great-great-grandfather? definition
  2. How many generations back is it? measurement

Translation

Other languages.

Translation

Translation.

  1. How is this ancestor named in another language, including maternal or paternal side? provenance
  2. Are there distinct terms by side? provenance
Research Tracing.

Records support claims.

Records

Sources.

Records

Records.

  1. Which birth, marriage, death, census or parish records could identify this ancestor? provenance
  2. Where are they held? provenance

Evidence

Proof.

Evidence

Evidence.

  1. Does the evidence support the claimed link? boundary
  2. Which genealogical proof standard applies? provenance
DNA Genetic ancestry.

Limits must be explained.

Tests

What tests show.

Tests

DNA tests.

  1. What can autosomal, Y-DNA and mitochondrial tests show about ancestors? definition
  2. How reliable are ethnicity estimates? boundary

Privacy

Relatives.

Privacy

Privacy.

  1. Could the results reveal information about relatives who have not consented? boundary
  2. How should unexpected findings be handled sensitively? action
Culture Remembrance.

Practices are attributed.

Veneration

Traditions.

Veneration

Ancestor veneration.

  1. How do traditions that honour ancestors describe their practices, according to adherents? provenance
  2. Which occasions are observed? provenance

Graves

Memorials.

Graves

Graves and memorials.

  1. How can an ancestor grave be located? action
  2. What rules protect burial sites? provenance

What the second pass must settle

  • Should generation terms be separate entries?
  • How should record sources be linked?
  • How should ancestral species be split off?
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