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descendants

NOUN

blood

Synonyms

STRONG

birth consanguinity descent extraction family kindred kinship line lineage origin pedigree relations stock

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conclusion death end

NOUN

brood

Synonyms

STRONGEST

offspring

STRONG

breed chicks clutch family flock hatch infants issue litter posterity progeny scions seed young

WEAK

begats progeniture

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parent

WEAK

child

NOUN

family

Synonyms

STRONGEST

clan folk group house household people tribe

STRONG

ancestors ancestry birth blood brood children class descent dynasty extraction forebears genealogy generations genre in-laws inheritance issue kind kindred line lineage network parentage pedigree progenitors progeny race relations relationship relatives siblings strain subdivision system

WEAK

heirs and assigns kith and kin menage ménage

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parent

NOUN

issue

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STRONG

brood get heirs offspring posterity progeny scions seed

WEAK

progeniture

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parent

WEAK

cause origin source

NOUN

lineage

Synonyms

STRONGEST

clan descent genealogy origin pedigree

STRONG

birth blood breed extraction family folk forebears heredity house kin kindred line offspring progenitors progeny race stock succession tribe

WEAK

stirps

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STRONG

parent

NOUN

menage

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STRONG

ancestors ancestry birth blood brood children clan class descent dynasty extraction folk forebears genealogy generations genre group house household in-laws inheritance issue kind kindred line lineage network parentage pedigree people progenitors progeny race relations relationship relatives siblings strain subdivision system tribe

WEAK

heirs and assigns kith and kin ménage

Antonyms

STRONG

parent

NOUN

posterity

Synonyms

STRONG

breed brood children family heirs issue lineage offspring progeny scions seed stock successors

WEAK

next generation progeniture succeeding generations unborn

Antonyms

STRONG

parent

WEAK

past

NOUN

progeny

Synonyms

STRONG

breed children family get issue kids lineage posterity race scions seed stock young

WEAK

begats progeniture

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STRONG

parent

NOUN

seed

Synonyms

STRONG

brood heirs issue offspring posterity progeny race scions spawn successors

WEAK

progeniture

Antonyms

STRONG

parent

WEAK

ancestor effect end ending result

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That was until BBC teams tracked down his descendants in Central Asia, far away from Jersey in the far east of Uzbekistan.

From BBC • May 5, 2026

"Based on the results, we can proceed with analysis of Y chromosome fragments for comparison with current descendants."

From Science Daily • May 4, 2026

Mr. Wyman ends “Lost Worlds” by asking us to imagine what our descendants five or six millennia in the future might say of us based on the material debris of our daily lives.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026

Over the centuries, the Rothschild fortune—and name—has been divided among dozens of descendants in England, France and elsewhere.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 2026

Their descendants today are the rats known as prairie dogs.

From "Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH" by Robert C. O'Brien

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