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Digital family trees 数字式家谱 TRACING family trees is a popular British pastime.Television programmes show celebrities rummagingthrough old census documents. Websites help amateur sleuths track down distantrelatives. A new project launched on August 26th provides another twist to the obsession. 追踪家谱是大不列颠一项流行的消遣方式。电视节目总是播放着名人们为寻亲而不断查找老旧的人口普查资料的信息。网站帮助业余侦探寻找人们的远房亲戚。一个在8月26号新建的项目则带来了一股扭曲的热潮。 KindredBritain is a website launched by Nicholas Jenkins, an English professoratStanfordUniversityinCalifornia. The project grew out of Professor Jenkinss research intoboth his own background and that of W.H. Auden, a 20th-century poet. The website nowholds entries on nearly 30,000 Britons. Visitors to the website trace relations betweendifferent people using clear infographics and interactive tools. Admirals, bankers, poets,painters, lawyers and politicians are all in the mix. Unlike traditional family trees, theseinclude bigamists, same-sex couples and illegitimate children. 同族的英国人是由尼古拉斯詹金斯创办的，他是位于加州斯坦福大学的教授。创建这个网站的灵感来源于詹金斯教授对自己身世的追溯和对20世纪诗人奥登本经的调查研究。现在这个网站在英国已有近3万访问量。进入网站的访客使用清晰的信息图表和交互工具来追踪人们之间的关系。船队队长、银行家、诗人、画家、律师以及政治家都包括在其中。有别于以往的家谱，这项项目包括重婚者、同性恋以及私生子。 | 
