Abstract
This chapter examines the basic features of genealogies and discusses how they changed from the early to the late Joseon period, including the emergence of fake genealogies. Family genealogies became more common during Joseon period. The need for a more proper genealogy emerged with the gradual spread of Neo-Confucianism during the early Joseon period. Genealogies were completely male-centered. The names of women were generally not recorded in genealogies in the Joseon period. Genealogies from the early Joseon period reflected the values of their time. By the seventeenth century, Joseon gradually transformed into a Neo- Confucian society. In the Joseon period, only the yangban class kept genealogies, and there were many temptations to embellish or falsify them. Fake genealogies were the inevitable consequence of a society where a person could not lead humane life without becoming a yangban, a society in which family status mattered more than a person's abilities. Keywords: fake genealogies; Joseon period; Neo-Confucian society; yangban class
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