descendant
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Rich Preston, a BBC News journalist, was found to be a descendant of John Bridgens.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 10, 2026
"I am a descendant of the Urartians, their grandson," he said.
From Barron's ● Aug. 10, 2026
Goode’s third, “Monsters of God,” premiering Thursday on HBO, is both a direct descendant and forges a new path.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
Bruce Young, 80, a descendant of homesteaders, sat on his porch overlooking Stoner Creek near the Territory 1889 site, and shook his head as a mule deer wandered past.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 5, 2026
Percy had been so worried about himself that he’d forgotten his friend was only a distant descendant of Poseidon.
From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan
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Caribbean nations campaigning for slavery reparations have won support from an unexpected source -- the descendants of some of Britain's most prominent families to have benefitted from the slave trade.
From Barron's ● Oct. 25, 2026
"One of these two founding cells did go on to produce more descendants than the other, but they produced diverse cell types at almost equal ratios."
From Science Daily ● Oct. 13, 2026
The story of the art group and its descendants, also including Maria Maea and San Cha, is featured in the new documentary, “Asco: Without Permission.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026
One of the Sabal palm's descendants is growing in its place.
From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026
But most writers said, and certainly with better reason, that it was the wickedness of Tantalus which doomed his descendants.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
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