descendants
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In the process, they identified 15 living male descendants linked directly through the paternal line to Leonardo's father and his half-brother, Domenico Benedetto.
From Science Daily • May 4, 2026
The Epstein scandal threatens to deepen a divide among the descendants at a time when the two remaining banks bearing the family name are increasingly in competition.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 2026
A new Netflix documentary, A Gorilla Story: Told by David Attenborough has followed the family - whose members are descendants of Pablo, the cheeky, curious, young gorilla captured on camera in 1978.
From BBC • Apr. 27, 2026
This innovation may have played a major role in the success of reptiles and their descendants, setting the foundation for their dominance in terrestrial ecosystems.
From Science Daily • Apr. 23, 2026
She weathered the buffets of history with resilience—but she weathered the buffets of heredity with something more than resilience: a grace that we, as her descendants, can only hope to emulate.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
