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descendant

noun as in person in line of ancestry

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The original film's sequel - Candyman: Farewell to the Flesh - set three years later sees Todd's iconic lead appear again in New Orleans, encountering a descendant of his daughter.

From BBC

Meanwhile a descendant of one of the lighthouse keepers said he was delighted by the discovery.

From BBC

Not only had he worked for Giuliani in City Hall but his wife, Margaret Hoover, is a Republican descendant of Herbert Hoover and the host of the revived PBS show Firing Line.

From Slate

And now KP.3.3’s descendant, XEC, has the same little mutation and is surging in the U.S. and elsewhere.

From Salon

Safieddine, like his cousin Nasrallah, wears the black turban declaring him a descendant of the prophet Muhammad.

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

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