Robert C. Gunderson
Encyclopedia
Robert C. Gunderson was the first supervisor of the Genealogical Society of Utah
's Royalty Identification Unit. He invented the term "pedigree collapse
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He and his two assistants attempted to find all the descendants of Edward IV of England
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At the World Conference on Records in Salt Lake City, Utah
, in 1980 in his address, "Connecting Your Pedigree Into Royal, Noble and Medieval Families," Robert C. Gunderson, first propounded the concept of Pedigree Collapse.
Genealogical Society of Utah
The Genealogical Society of Utah , established in 1894, does business as FamilySearch International, which is the genealogical arm of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints...
's Royalty Identification Unit. He invented the term "pedigree collapse
Pedigree collapse
In genealogy, pedigree collapse describes how reproduction between two individuals who knowingly or unknowingly share an ancestor causes the number of distinct ancestors in the family tree of their offspring to be smaller than it could otherwise be. Robert C...
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Career
Gunderson started with the Genealogical Society of Utah in 1964 and started the Royalty Identification Unit in 1972..He and his two assistants attempted to find all the descendants of Edward IV of England
Edward IV of England
Edward IV was King of England from 4 March 1461 until 3 October 1470, and again from 11 April 1471 until his death. He was the first Yorkist King of England...
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At the World Conference on Records in Salt Lake City, Utah
Utah
Utah is a state in the Western United States. It was the 45th state to join the Union, on January 4, 1896. Approximately 80% of Utah's 2,763,885 people live along the Wasatch Front, centering on Salt Lake City. This leaves vast expanses of the state nearly uninhabited, making the population the...
, in 1980 in his address, "Connecting Your Pedigree Into Royal, Noble and Medieval Families," Robert C. Gunderson, first propounded the concept of Pedigree Collapse.