Abstract Sometimes, learning about the origins of a belief can make it irrational to continue hold that belief—a phenomenon we call ‘genealogical defeat’. According explanationist accounts, genealogical defeat occurs when one learns there is no appropriate explanatory connection between one's and truth. Flatfooted versions explanationism have been widely rightly rejected on grounds they would d...

This article, based on historical and anthropological sources, ethnographic materials, highlights the issues of understanding genealogical identity associated with genealogies preserved by Uzbeks their kinship system. Various groups Uzbeks, ethnocultural structures such as clans (generation, clan) processes manifestation a single cultural unit in same space time are analyzed.

Despite the increasing popularity of multilocus sequence typing (MLST), the most appropriate method for characterizing bacterial variation and facilitating epidemiological investigations remains a matter of debate. Here, we propose that different typing schemes should be compared on the basis of their power to infer clonal relationships and investigate the utility of sequence data for genealogi...

Classical ancestor trees, descendant trees, Hourglass charts, and their visual variants such as node-link diagrams or fan charts are suitable for assessment of people’s relationships when one is focused on a particular person (the so-called main person) and his/her direct ancestors and descendants. Such tree-based representations miss a broader context of relationships and do not allow quick as...

In this communication a representation of the links between DNA-relatives based on Graph Theory is applied to the analysis of personal genomic data to obtain genealogical information. The method is tested on both simulated and real data and its applicability to the field of genealogical research is discussed. We envisage the proposed approach as a valid tool for a streamlined application to the...