The prospect that Wikipedia will delete its entry for Censuswhacking because it is a neologism has prompted me to think up some other genealogical neologisms—call them "genealogisms," and let that be the first—which, with any luck, will be banned as well someday.
- Charlemagnia - A condition suffered by those who expect all their ancestral lines to end in royalty.
- Deshamification - Destroying or concealing evidence of an ancestor's disgraceful behavior, such as membership in the Hitler Youth, participation in "midget tossing," or voting for Warren G. Harding.
- Fumblineage - One's descent from a series of ancestors, each of whom was conceived on his parents' wedding night.
- Haleytosis - An unfortunate reliance on oral tradition when compiling one's family history.
- Incestors - Married ancestors so closely related that their union would now be illegal.
- Kleptonamiac - One who steals names from another's genealogy database to add to his own.
- Nepotaph - A memorial inscription carved into the gravestone of another, more prominent member of the family.
- Polygameetup - A reunion for certain families in Utah.
- Pyroblamia - The propensity of town and county clerks to blame the lack of records related to one's ancestors on a mythical conflagration.
- Thanatopology - The study and mapping of burial places. Most often practiced by genealogists and serial killers.
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