descendant
Someone who follows
A descendant is someone related to a person who lived earlier—a child, grandchild, great-grandchild, and so on down the family line.
The word extends to anything that derives from an earlier form: Modern English is a descendant of Anglo-Saxon.
She's a direct descendant of Thomas Jefferson.
The adjective descendent means moving downward.
Person before puberty
- progenyOne's biological descendants
- issuePoint of contention
- heirOne who receives legacy
- sonMale child relation
daughter · grandchild · great-grandchild · grandson · granddaughter · scion · seed · brood
One who receives legacy
- beneficiaryDesignated asset receiver
- legateeRecipient of bequest
- bequestGift left by will
- estateProperty and grounds
will · testament · birthright · patrimony · primogeniture · heirloom · legacy · endowment
Predecessor in lineage
- forebearAncestral family member
- progenitorAncestor or originator
- bloodlineAncestry through generations
- pedigreeRecord of descent
genealogy · family tree · heritage · roots · clan · dynasty · scion · stock
Ceremonial chair for sovereigns
- crownSovereign's ornamental headpiece
- dynastySuccessive family rulers
- reignSovereign's time in power
- monarchyRule by crowned sovereign
coronation · ascension · abdication · regency · interregnum · enthronement · sovereign · royal line
Origin point of descendants
- speciationFormation of distinct species
- phylogenyEvolutionary relationships among organisms
- divergenceSeparation from common origin
- cladeMonophyletic taxonomic group
cladistics · evolutionary tree · branch · derived · monophyletic
child
Person before puberty
son · daughter · grandchild · great-grandchild · grandson · granddaughter · scion · seed · brood · young
heir
One who receives legacy
- beneficiaryDesignated asset receiver
- legateeRecipient of bequest
- bequestGift left by will
estate · will · testament · birthright · patrimony · primogeniture · heirloom · legacy · endowment · inheritance
ancestor
Predecessor in lineage
- forebearAncestral family member
- progenitorAncestor or originator
- bloodlineAncestry through generations
pedigree · genealogy · family tree · heritage · roots · clan · dynasty · scion · stock · extraction
throne
Ceremonial chair for sovereigns
monarchy · coronation · ascension · abdication · regency · interregnum · enthronement · sovereign · royal line · house
common ancestor
Origin point of descendants
- speciationFormation of distinct species
- phylogenyEvolutionary relationships among organisms
- divergenceSeparation from common origin
clade · cladistics · evolutionary tree · branch · derived · monophyletic
- clan structurechief, elder, patriarch, matriarch, headman
- second generationoffspring, heir, successor, 2G, iteration
- familymother, father, parents, siblings, parent
- family termsparents, nuclear family, mothers, extended family, fathers
- humanityhuman, human being, humans, people, mankind
- peoplepeople, persons, person, individuals, humans
descendantancestor
Predecessor in lineage
forefather · forebear · progenitor · foremother · antecedent
- direct descendantAncestor's biological successor
- slave descendantsPeople whose ancestors were enslaved