Synonyms for descendants
de·scen·dants

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1. descendants, posteritynoun

   all of the offspring of a given progenitor

   "we must secure the benefits of freedom for ourselves and our posterity"

   Synonyms:
   posterity

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1. descendantsnoun

   Synonyms:
   progeny, posterity, offspring

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1. descendantsnoun

   Synonyms:
   progeny, posterity, offspring

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1. List of paraphrases for "descendants":

   descendents, descendant, progenies, downdrafts, heirs, downshifts, nuclides

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1. Mathew Morris:

   We know little about (Emma) and a lack of fundamental information, such as her age at death, what she did for a living, what she looked like or where in the church she was buried, coupled with no known descendants who can provide a DNA sample, make it impossible to say for certain (if the skeleton) is that of Emma.

2. Nsenga Burton:

   It's poetic justice, the descendants of the people who were pushed out of South Carolina, who had no power, who knew they could go missing if they tried to vote, have returned and they're making South Carolina work for them. South Carolina's been a long time coming.

3. Sanchez Renero:

   Today the black community is in a much more solid state concerning their self-recognition and has begun to fight and generate movements for their rights as Afro-descendants, but this self-recognition has not been there for so long. I assume that there are still places, small towns, where (there is a) kind of confusion about their origins.

4. Paul Kyumin Lee:

   The most urgent thing in my view is that we have to help provide closure by helping record their stories to the next generation and their family members in North Korea so that one day, we can deliver their messages or letters to them or even their descendants in North Korea.

5. Mo Brooks:

   Now, our ancestors sacrificed their blood, their sweat, their tears, their fortunes, and sometimes their lives, to give us, their descendants, an America that is the greatest nation in world history. So I have a question for you : Are you willing to do the same ?