{"id":53509,"date":"2019-10-24T10:09:16","date_gmt":"2019-10-24T14:09:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.genealogybank.com\/?p=53509"},"modified":"2019-10-24T10:32:48","modified_gmt":"2019-10-24T14:32:48","slug":"original-genealogy-expressions-you-never-heard-before","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/original-genealogy-expressions-you-never-heard-before.html","title":{"rendered":"Original Genealogy Expressions You Never Heard Before"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em>Introduction<\/em><\/strong><em>: In this article, Mary Harrell-Sesniak uses her witty imagination to create humorous genealogy expressions and definitions. Mary is a genealogist, author and editor with a strong technology background.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Do you ever hear an expression and wonder what it means? I know I do, but I also like to construct my own quips. For instance, take a look at these original definitions you have never heard before!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/illustration-1024-2019-genealogy-logo.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-53513\" src=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/illustration-1024-2019-genealogy-logo.png\" alt=\"Illustration: a logo made from the word &quot;genealogy&quot;\" width=\"427\" height=\"209\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/illustration-1024-2019-genealogy-logo.png 427w, https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/illustration-1024-2019-genealogy-logo-300x147.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 427px) 100vw, 427px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Aunt-cestor:<\/strong> A sister to a direct ancestor as opposed to an Un-cestor (see below)<\/li>\n<li><strong>B-lin-g-eage:<\/strong> A lineage with an overwhelming amount of proofs and evidence<\/li>\n<li><strong>B-lin-k-eage:<\/strong> A lineage you hoped was correct, but disappears in the blink of an eye when proved incorrect!<\/li>\n<li><strong>Birthright:<\/strong> The right of a researcher to have access to a birth record<\/li>\n<li><strong>Birthing room:<\/strong> Another term for a genealogist\u2019s office<\/li>\n<li><strong>Comic comments:<\/strong> Statements made to blogs that make me laugh!<\/li>\n<li><strong>Doc doc:<\/strong> A transcriber, or someone who can read old handwriting accurately<\/li>\n<li><strong>Doing the cake walk:<\/strong> What a genealogist does after finding an elusive marriage record<\/li>\n<li><strong>Dying your roots:<\/strong> Describes what happens when someone doesn\u2019t pass on anything about their family history to the next generation<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/photo-1024-2019-genie-ology.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-53517\" src=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/photo-1024-2019-genie-ology.png\" alt=\"Photo: a genealogy saying defining &quot;genie-ology&quot;\" width=\"518\" height=\"271\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/photo-1024-2019-genie-ology.png 518w, https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/photo-1024-2019-genie-ology-300x157.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 518px) 100vw, 518px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Genie-ology:<\/strong> Genealogy that appears like magic<\/li>\n<li><strong>Grave undertaking:<\/strong> Refers to any research done in a cemetery<\/li>\n<li><strong>Himlich maneuver:<\/strong> Not to be confused with the Heimlich, this is what we do when resurrecting a previously unproved male relation<\/li>\n<li><strong>Kin flick:<\/strong> A popular show about genealogy!<\/li>\n<li><strong>Kinship coming in:<\/strong> An expression used after discovering new ancestors as kin \u2013 this can also be applied to finding a DNA match to a friend!<\/li>\n<li><strong>Kissing cousins:<\/strong> We usually refer to cousins who marry cousins as kissing cousins, but it\u2019s also what you feel like doing after discovering a DNA match!<\/li>\n<li><strong>Mark Twain:<\/strong> What happens when you find someone alive after declaring them dead in your tree (based upon his famous quote: \u201cThe report of my death was an exaggeration\u201d)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Maternal instincts:<\/strong> The art of pursuing an ancestor\u2019s maiden name by hunch<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/photo-1024-2019-mayflower-bud.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-53519\" src=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/photo-1024-2019-mayflower-bud.png\" alt=\"Photo: a genealogy saying defining &quot;Mayflower bud&quot;\" width=\"517\" height=\"271\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/photo-1024-2019-mayflower-bud.png 517w, https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/photo-1024-2019-mayflower-bud-300x157.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 517px) 100vw, 517px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Mayflower bud:<\/strong> A hoped-for Mayflower link that will flower!<\/li>\n<li><strong>No issues:<\/strong> An ancestor with lots of evidence as opposed to a relative who has no issue (no children)<\/li>\n<li><strong>O-fit:<\/strong> What happens to a tried &amp; true genealogist upon discovering errors in an obituary!<\/li>\n<li><strong>O-r-bit:<\/strong> An updated version of an incomplete obit, generally posted on popular grave sites online!<\/li>\n<li><strong>That\u2019s tomb much:<\/strong> What we say when we spot an extremely ornate or large cemetery monument<\/li>\n<li><strong>Un-cestor:<\/strong> This is a person whom you reject as being an ancestor, but who could also be someone who is a brother to a direct ancestor!<\/li>\n<li><strong>Union label:<\/strong> Another word for a marriage certificate<\/li>\n<li><strong>Vital title:<\/strong> This refers to a record that shows us an occupation and leads to other documents<\/li>\n<li><strong>Will power:<\/strong> The power of an estate record to prove or disprove genealogy<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Hope you enjoyed these as much as I did in writing them. And please watch for my upcoming booklet on genealogy humor!<\/p>\n<p>All quips \u00a9 2019 by Mary Harrell-Sesniak<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this article, Mary Harrell-Sesniak uses her witty imagination to create humorous genealogy expressions and definitions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":53529,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12641],"tags":[12,46739,5322],"class_list":["post-53509","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-humor-sayings","tag-genealogy","tag-genealogy-terms-and-abbreviations","tag-humor"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/illustration-1024-2019-featured-graphic-genealogy-logo.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53509","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=53509"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53509\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/53529"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53509"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53509"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.genealogybank.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53509"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}