descended
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Descended from European Jews, Wildes grew up in a small Pennsylvania community where he was often the only Jew in his class.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 12, 2024
Descended from the Grants of Kilgraston House in Perthshire, Mr Blake can trace his maternal line to Sir Francis Grant, an artist who painted Queen Victoria, and Mary Grant, a 19th century sculptor.
From BBC • Jul. 6, 2023
Descended from riesling and trollinger, the kerner grape showed off flinty mineral notes with a touch of raisins and honey — like its parent riesling, but with its own style.
From New York Times • Apr. 6, 2023
Descended from four-legged land animals, whales underwent one of the most dramatic transformations of any vertebrate group when they transitioned to life in the water.
From Scientific American • Mar. 14, 2023
In place of the simple antiquity, he puts: "Descended from the ancient, venerable royal family of David."
From Christology of the Old Testament: And a Commentary on the Messianic Predictions, Vol. 1 by Hengstenberg, Ernst Wilhelm
