descendant
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Politically independent, he is a descendant of the Crimean Tatars who once dominated the neighborhood alongside Albanians and Bosnians and others from “the outskirts of the Ottoman Empire.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 2026
Esu Bulus Yerima Pada, a descendant of a long line of traditional rulers who became chief of Maitama-Kubwa in 2001, says the government also promised documents confirming residents' legal ownership of their new land.
From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026
Another day this month, Lurie disclosed a contribution from Google and one from a descendant of a local 20th-century dehydrated-potato-product fortune.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026
A descendant of Turkish and Ashkenazi Jews, Neil Sedaka was born in Brooklyn, N.Y., on March 13, 1939.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 27, 2026
Nico knew Octavian was a legacy - a descendant of Apollo many generations removed.
From "Blood of Olympus" by Rick Riordan
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