A lineal or direct descendant, in legal usage, is a blood relative in the direct line of descent – the children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren, etc...

Direct Descent (1980) is a short science fiction novel by American writer Frank Herbert. It was based on his short story "Pack Rat Planet" published in...

The Descent is a 2005 British horror film written and directed by Neil Marshall. The film stars actresses Shauna Macdonald, Natalie Mendoza, Alex Reid...

The Descent Part 2 is a 2009 British adventure horror film and sequel to the 2005 horror film The Descent. It was directed by Jon Harris from a screenplay...

and he inherited his titles and Mackenzie descent through her. (Even she only claims a Mackenzie descent as a 4th great-granddaughter of George Mackenzie...

cognates or lexical cognates are sets of words that have been inherited in direct descent from an etymological ancestor in a common parent language. Because language...

The Descent is a 1999 science fiction/horror novel by American author Jeff Long. It describes the discovery and exploration of an extensive labyrinth...

Descent 3 (stylized as Descent³) is a first-person shooter video game developed by Outrage Entertainment and published by Interplay Entertainment. It was...

or that of the new Commonwealth. Persons classified as being of African descent have nevertheless been a recognizable component of British society since...

which claimed legitimacy. Several late rulers of the Craiovești claimed direct descent from the House after its eventual demise, including Neagoe Basarab,...