line of descent

The Merriam-Webster definition of a dynasty is: “A succession of rulers of the same line of descent.”

There is a direct line of descent from the Strasbourg clock to the spinning jenny.

The female line of descent was therefore crucial to proving that one was a free person.

The Galapagos National Park and Galapagos Conservancy said Friday that it had discovered a young female that has a direct line of descent from the Chelonoidis abingdonii species of Pinta Island.

A number of Capote’s reported works were methodologically in the line of descent from “Hiroshima,” culminating with “In Cold Blood,” which The New Yorker excerpted at great length in 1965.