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Project: Modelling, Computing, and Visualizing: Uncertainty in Pedigrees from Genealogical Datasets

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Genealogy, the establishment of a pedigree, is the investigation and research of the family, family history, and past footprints. In the past, genealogy often used oral interviews, genetic analyses, historical records, and other queryable information to collect information about the family, and to prove the family lineage and various kinship relationships. Due to the complexity and difficulty of information collection, historically, genealogy most times only served for large or noble families. In contemporary society, genealogy has become more ubiquitous, and ordinary people have begun to research and compile genealogies for their families just like the previous nobles. This is because of the emergence of the Internet, the first-hand resources available to genealogy scholars have increased explosively, which has also led to an explosive increase in the focus of this topic. These media allow curious people to investigate and study their ancestors. This curiosity is especially acute among those whose genealogy is lost, or whose separation of flesh and blood resulted from adoption and bereavement. The Internet is already the main place for genealogy scholars to obtain resources.

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Student

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Zirui Feng

Supervisor

Michael Burch

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