descendants
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Also, descendants of the Donners, Kit Carson, the enslaved, the indigenous and the crazily ambitious, innovative and visionary.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026
The university's newest research has matched DNA from remains with living descendants.
From BBC • May 26, 2026
But when their descendants reached Australia about 20 million years ago, something remarkable happened: they grew them back.
From Science Daily • May 21, 2026
Some of the Rubén’s direct descendants would win the award once again 30 years later.
From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2026
Many were college-educated and the descendants of Quakers, abolitionists, and other social reformers.
From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling
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