Keyword management in iPhoto

Hi all,
I've been using iPhoto for years now and have been using the (now defunct) Keyword Manager to create hierarchical keywords for my photos.  For example, something like:
Friends
Smith Family
John Smith
Jane Smith
Jones FamilyPete Jones
Family
In-Laws
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Mike Green
Siblings
Phil Black
Penny Black
WorkWendy Ng
The problem I have is that due to the Keyword Manager dependency, I am stuck on iPhoto '09 which means I am also stuck on OS X 10.7.x. I am sure that at some stage, I will either buy a new mac or upgrade the OS, so I am starting to look at options for a replacement photo manager (note that I am purely looking for a photo manager/catalog... not image editing!)
While I really like iPhoto, I am prepared to move away from it and I've no problems paying $100 or even more if it does the right job, but it must do the following:
Support hierarchical keywords like the above
Organise the folder hierarchy for me. I don't want to have to be fooling around with folders and files.
Catalog and manage both photos and video
Being able to import the following from my existing iPhoto library:   a) photos, b) album hierarchy, and c) keyword hierarchy from Keyword Manager.  I am a Mac/iOS developer, so I can certainly write scripts/plugins if required to facilitate this. This is very important as I have about 50,000 photos that I have arranged in approx 200 albums with about 200 keywords, so I don't want to have to rekey all that again
I don't need:
Image editing. I am more than happy to use Acorn or Photoshop for that (I just need a way to launch into the image editor from the app)
RAW image support.  I'm just cataloging the family happy snaps.
Some initial investigation suggests that Pixa, Lyn or Aperture are likely candidates.  I'd appreciate any advice/guidance on whether those apps are useful and/or suit my requirements (and alternatively, if there are other photo management apps that I have missed).  Thanks a lot.
Craig

Aperture supports the hierarchy, but in a slighty unusual way. In your case above, if you tag an image Pete Jones then searching on Jones Family or Friends will alos find it, but the keywords are not actually visible on the photo.
So, in my Aperture Library I have
Europe
     France
     Paris
I tag a new photo with Paris and I can find it in a Europe, France or Paris search.
If you first upgrade to iPhoto 11 then purchase Aperture, then it will simply open the iPhoto Library - so migrating is a cinch.
And you can set Acorn or whatever as an external, though unless you're doing compositing you probably won't need them most of the time.
You can view the Aperture manual here
http://documentation.apple.com/en/aperture/usermanual/

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