family tree
Family trees diagram ancestry and descendants. This topic is part of Genealogy within Everyday Life. This page currently draws on 4 supporting questions, with answers and bonus facts available below.
family tree trivia questions
A family tree shows relationships among what?
Answer: Relatives
Bonus fact: Family trees diagram ancestry and descendants.
What is a person's direct ancestor two generations earlier called?
Answer: Grandparent
Bonus fact: Grandparents are parents of a person's parents.
What field studies family history and ancestry?
Answer: Genealogy
Bonus fact: Genealogists trace family relationships across generations.
Which human species is the sole surviving species in what was once a diverse human family tree?
Answer: Homo sapiens
Bonus fact: Smithsonian notes that there were times when three or four early human species lived simultaneously.