Descendant

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A Descendant or descendent primarily refers to:

• Lineal descendant, a consanguinous (i.e. biological) relative directly related to a person.
  • Collateral descendant, a relative descended from a brother or sister of an ancestor.

It may also refer to:

Game

• The Descendant, a adventure video game developed by Gaming Corps and published by Microïds for Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X.

Film and television

• Descendant (2003 film), a 2003 thriller film starring Katherine Heigl and Jeremy London
• Descendants (2008 film), an animated short film
• Descendents (2008 film), a Chilean experimental horror film
• The Descendants, a 2011 drama film directed by Alexander Payne
• Descendants (2015 film), a 2015 Disney Channel Original Movie directed by Kenny Ortega
  • Descendants (soundtrack), the soundtrack for the film
  • Descendants: Wicked World, a following animated spin-off TV series
  • Descendants 2, a sequel to the 2015 film

Literature

• "The Descendant" (short story), a short story by early 20th-century science-fiction writer H. P. Lovecraft.
• The Descendants (novel), a 2007 novel by Kaui Hart Hemmings.

Music

• Descendents, a punk rock band from southern California.

Science

• Descendant (astrology), the point directly opposite from the Ascendant (the Rising Sign).

Other

• A type of node (element) in a tree structure.
• A subordinate in a hierarchy.

See also

• Antonyms:

  Ascendant

  Ancestor