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

Now, three sailors aboard the ship have been identified and living descendants contacted by researchers at the University of Waterloo, in Canada.

From BBC • May 26, 2026

But when their descendants reached Australia about 20 million years ago, something remarkable happened: they grew them back.

From Science Daily • May 21, 2026

Some of the Rubén’s direct descendants would win the award once again 30 years later.

From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2026

Cuttings have the advantage that, once ancient farmers had found or developed a productive tree, they could be sure that all its descendants would remain identical to it.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond