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

These findings suggest that some epigenetic traits may emerge in descendants through mechanisms that remain poorly understood.

From Science Daily • Jun. 1, 2026

The university's newest research has matched DNA from remains with living descendants.

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

They do throw an abundance of light upon what early Greeks were like—a matter, it would seem, of more importance to us, who are their descendants intellectually, artistically, and politically, too.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton