Generation

July 6, 2011 by  
Filed under Genealogy Glossary

The group of people who are of the same genealogical rank or remove from an ancestor. For example, you, your siblings, and your cousins are of the same generation.
A generation is also defined as the amount of time from the birth of a woman’s first offspring to the birth of her daughter’s first offspring.

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