Descending; falling; proceeding from an ancestor or source.

a person considered as descended from some ancestor or race

A person directly descended, by blood, from an ancestor

Proceeding by hereditary derivation from an ancestor.

Child, grandchild, great-grandchild, etc.

a person in the direct line of descent (child or grandchild, not niece, nephew or cousin)

a person in the direct line of descent such as a son, daughter, grandson, granddaughter, etc

A child, grandchild, or great-grandchild.