The act or state of descending; lineage or ancestry; the relationship between ancestors and descendants.
From Old French 'descendance' derived from 'descendre' (to descend). The term has been used in English since medieval times to describe family lineage and hereditary relationships.
The word 'descendance' shows up in genealogy research—it's the formal way to describe the family tree flowing downward from ancestors, capturing the entire inherited chain of relationships.
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