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descendant

[dih-sen-duhnt] / dɪˈsɛn dənt /


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Rich Preston, a BBC News journalist, was found to be a descendant of John Bridgens.

From Science Daily Sep. 10, 2026

Marshall Farrer, 55, a fifth-generation descendant who is chairman of Brown-Forman’s board, has tried to keep the peace.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 23, 2026

Goode’s third, “Monsters of God,” premiering Thursday on HBO, is both a direct descendant and forges a new path.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 6, 2026

It was then sold to Seyffardt at auction before being handed down to his descendant, Brand says.

From BBC May 11, 2026

She explained that Hale had sent the letter from prison to a member of the tribe and that not long ago a descendant had donated it to the museum.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann

There are pockets of Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands and Fiji where some even identify as descendants from one of the "Lost Tribes of Israel".

From Barron's Sep. 11, 2026

Choosing per stirpes can provide a hedge if a child has children before the beneficiary designation is updated, so that a deceased child’s share will pass on to their descendants.

From MarketWatch Sep. 10, 2026

By the second generation, researchers found elevated fasting blood sugar in male descendants of the sucralose group and female descendants of the stevia group.

From Science Daily Aug. 31, 2026

They may be able to constrain objects that existed at redshifts greater than 10, even though the mergers of their descendants that create the gravitational waves happen much later in cosmic history.

From Science Daily Aug. 27, 2026

These are the descendants of the fifteen million original inhabitants of the land, the majority of whom were farmers who lived in towns.

From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz




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