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descendant

noun as in person in line of ancestry

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He was the only son of Jean and James, who were descendants of English, Scottish and Irish settlers.

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Watson was born in Chicago in April 1928 to Jean and James, descendants of English, Scottish and Irish settlers.

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“They want their country back . . . but they also yearn for recognition and remembrance from that country that no longer exists, from wives and children, from future descendants, from the men they used to be.”

But these demographics are only one piece of the underappraised role of Africans and their descendants in building early America.

He had supported the Germans, choosing that side of his family, despite being a direct descendant of King George III.

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

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