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Do you have ancestors who have killed each other? This could be on purpose or by accident. I have found several of these tragedies in my own tree.
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A familicide is a type of murder or murder-suicide in which at least one spouse and one or more children are killed, or in which a parent or parents and possibly other relatives such as siblings and grandparents are killed. In some cases all of the family members' lives are taken. If only the parents are killed, the case may also be referred to as a parricide. Where all members of a family are killed, including when the killing takes the form of a murder-suicide, the crime may be referred to as family annihilation.
Source: Wikipedia
Related terms
- Filicide - A parent or parents killing their own child or children.
- Infanticide - The killing of one's child (or children) up to 12 months of age.
- Mariticide - The killing of a husband by a wife, but commonly used for either spouse.
- Uxoricide - The killing of a wife by a husband.
resources
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_familicides
- 10 Notorious Cases of Familicide
- Family Annihilators
- Homicidal compulsion and the conditions of freedom: the social and psychological origins of familicide in America's early republic.
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