Genealogical Terms

MRCA is of the most common notations used in genealogy. In this post, learn what these letters stand for in the definition of MRCA. If you’ve been doing this whole family tree research thing for a while, you might have seen the letters “MRCA”.  It’s especially common to see this in the genetic genealogy sphere …

Have you ever wondered what you call the “link” between you and your relatives?  There is a special term that people in the family tree research or genealogy field use to describe this relationship:  common ancestor.  What is a common ancestor? This comes up a lot during genetic genealogy, since when I look at the …