descendants
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Also, descendants of the Donners, Kit Carson, the enslaved, the indigenous and the crazily ambitious, innovative and visionary.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026
Among them were lagerpetids, small bipedal relatives of dinosaurs whose descendants would eventually evolve into pterosaurs.
From Science Daily • May 29, 2026
Four descendants of Erebus crew members, including a relative of Captain Franklin, will be at the exhibition launch, as well as a relative of David Young.
From BBC • May 26, 2026
Some of the Rubén’s direct descendants would win the award once again 30 years later.
From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2026
One skeptic suggested that authors’ descendants be allowed to sue mediums for signing their relative’s famous names to such dreadful new writing.
From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock
