Descendant(s) or descendent(s) may refer to:
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Lineal descendant
A lineal or direct descendant, in legal usage, is a blood relative in a person's direct line of descent – the children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren, etc. In a legal procedure sense, lineal descent refers to the acquisition of estate ...
, a consanguinous (i.e. biological) relative directly related to a person
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Collateral descendant
A lineal or direct descendant, in legal usage, is a blood relative in a person's direct line of descent – the children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren, etc. In a legal procedure sense, lineal descent refers to the acquisition of estate b ...
, a relative descended from a brother or sister of an ancestor
Books
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"The Descendant" (short story), a short story by early 20th-century science-fiction writer H. P. Lovecraft
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''The Descendants'' (novel), a 2007 novel by Kaui Hart Hemmings
Film and television
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''Descendant'' (2003 film), a thriller film starring Katherine Heigl and Jeremy London
* ''Descendants'' (2008 film), an animated short film, Winner
Tokyo Anime Award
The Tokyo Anime Awards started in 2002, but was named in 2005. The first, second and third award ceremonies were simply named 'Competition'. The award ceremonies were held at the Tokyo International Anime Fair (TAF) until 2013. In 2014, after the ...
2009
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''Descendents'' (2008 film), a Chilean experimental horror film
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The Descendants
''The Descendants'' is a 2011 American tragicomedy film directed by Alexander Payne. The screenplay by Payne, Nat Faxon, and Jim Rash is based on the 2007 novel by Kaui Hart Hemmings. The film stars George Clooney in the main role, Shail ...
'', a 2011 American drama film directed by Alexander Payne with George Clooney
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''The Descendants'' (2015 film), an Iranian film directed by Yaser Talebi
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''Descendants'' (franchise), a Disney Channel television film franchise
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''Descendants'' (2015 film), the television film that started the above franchise
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Descendants (soundtrack)
''Descendants'' is a soundtrack album by the cast of the film of the same name, released on July 31, 2015 by Walt Disney Records. The soundtrack peaked at number 1 on the US ''Billboard'' 200, number one on the US Top Digital Albums and topped ...
'', the soundtrack for the television film
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''Descendant'' (2022 film), Netflix documentary
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''Descendants'' (2022 film), a
Series D
A venture round is a type of funding round used for venture capital financing, by which startup company, startup companies obtain investment, generally from venture capitalists and other institutional investors. The availability of venture fundi ...
episode of the television series ''QI'' (2006)
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''Descendent'' (2025 film), a science fiction thriller film
Music
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Descendents
The Descendents are an American punk rock band formed in Manhattan Beach, California, in 1977, by guitarist Frank Navetta, bassist Tony Lombardo and drummer Bill Stevenson (musician), Bill Stevenson as a power pop/surf music, surf punk band. I ...
, a punk rock band from southern California
Other
* A type of node (element) in a
tree structure
A tree structure, tree diagram, or tree model is a way of representing the hierarchical nature of a structure in a graphical form. It is named a "tree structure" because the classic representation resembles a tree, although the chart is gen ...
* A subordinate in a
hierarchy
A hierarchy (from Ancient Greek, Greek: , from , 'president of sacred rites') is an arrangement of items (objects, names, values, categories, etc.) that are represented as being "above", "below", or "at the same level as" one another. Hierarchy ...
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Descendant (astrology)
A horoscope (or other commonly used names for the horoscope in English include natal chart, astrological chart, astro-chart, celestial map, sky-map, star-chart, cosmogram, vitasphere, radical chart, radix, chart wheel or simply chart) is an Astr ...
, the western horizon-point directly opposite from the eastern horizon; also known as the ascendant (the rising sign); point at which the Sun sets in the west
See also
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Descendance
Descendance (Descendance Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Dance Theatre), previously known as the Ngaru Dancers, is an Australian Aboriginal dance company formed in 1999.
They have performed internationally and won first prize in the danc ...
, an Australian Aboriginal dance company formed in 1999
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Ascendant
The ascendant (Asc, Asc or As) or rising sign is the astrological sign on the eastern horizon when the person was born. It signifies a person's physical appearance, and awakening consciousness.
Because the ascendant is specific to a particula ...
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Ancestor
An ancestor, also known as a forefather, fore-elder, or a forebear, is a parent or ( recursively) the parent of an antecedent (i.e., a grandparent, great-grandparent, great-great-grandparent and so forth). ''Ancestor'' is "any person from ...
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