descendant

Example Sentences

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The land was donated to the Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles in the 1950s by descendants of one of the city’s early oil barons.

From Los Angeles Times

A nation demographically dominated by the descendants of immigrants from every corner of the world is one of the most linguistically homogenous on earth.

From Salon

The association has campaigned on behalf of the descendants of Franco's victims for decades, with its work including the exhumation of mass graves.

From Barron's

"I imagine our descendants see it and will remember those we lost to achieve that goal."

From BBC

It was primarily aimed at the descendants of those who were victims of the transatlantic slave trade.

From BBC