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descendant

noun as in person in line of ancestry

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Their descendants included MacDonald clan chiefs who became known as the Lords of the Isles.

From BBC

That bureau would create a process to determine whether someone is the descendant of a slave and to certify someone’s claim to help them access benefits.

Third, there are Indian citizens of Nepali ethnicity - descendants of earlier waves of migration in the 18th to 20th Centuries - who are rooted in India but still claim cultural kinship with Nepal.

From BBC

That means, under Schmitt’s logic, America must not belong to their descendants either.

From Salon

The second trust will benefit Prudence, Elisabeth, James and their descendants.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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