Examples of 'claim descent' in a sentence

Meaning of "claim descent"

Claim descent refers to the act of asserting or declaring one's ancestry or lineage. It is often used when individuals want to establish a connection to a particular group or lineage by tracing their family history

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The community claim descent from this boy.
Some of the ruling groups from other regions of Tigray also claim descent from him.
Its members claim descent from a common ancestor.
There are numerous families in China who purportedly claim descent from antiquity figures.
They claim descent from an immigrant Arab.
Almost every emperor that would claim descent from this woman.
They claim descent from the Fujiwara clan.
Some of the Xhosa people claim descent from white people.
All claim descent from well known Rajput clans.
Today a vast number of people claim descent in some form from Abraham.
They claim descent from the ancient peoples of Mesopotamia.
Two major Korean clans today claim descent from this union.
Who claim descent from Abrahamic seed.
Many communities in various parts of India claim descent from the migrants of Kannauj.
They claim descent from Kōno Michitaka d.

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At least two or three major Korean clans today claim descent from Muslim families.
The Rathores claim descent from the mythical Suryavansha Solar dynasty.
There are a variety of groups and individuals that claim descent from historic Montaukett people.
Three groups who claim descent from Lenape people are state-recognized tribes.
The royal house of the Sultanate claim descent from Muhammad.
They claim descent from the Seiwa-Genji through the Shibukawa branch of the Imperial family.
Kings of Cambodia claim descent from the gardener.
Is it through your grandfather or your grandmother that you claim descent from an ape?
Anyone who can successfully claim descent from them is a nobleman or Hurr by birth.
Several branches of the d'Anthons or Dantons claim descent from him.
The Giraavaru people of Giraavaru claim descent from the first Tamil settlers of the Maldives.
Hereditary caretakers of the shrine, known as sajjada nashin claim descent from Zakariya.
They claim descent from Takeda Yoshikiyo and the Seiwa-Genji.
King Arthur said that you claim descent from a king of Britain.
Others claim descent from Baiju Bheel, a worshiper of the Hindu god Shiva.
Many saints and Sufi leaders claim descent from the Prophet.
The Palestinians claim descent from the Canaanites, the earliest recorded inhabitants of Palestine.
Groups claiming affiliation with Israelites claim descent from the ancient Israelites.
The Tomono claim descent from the Ogasawara clan, particularly Ogasawara Nagakiyo.
All of the earliest traditional Clan Mackenzie histories claim descent from a Fitzgerald progenitor.
The Shaulites could claim descent from Abraham, but would not be true seed of Abraham.
The group takes its name from Fatima, Muhammad 's daughter, from whom they claim descent.
The Miwa sept of the Kamo clan claim descent from this Ōtataneko personage.
The Tsuchiya claim descent from Minamoto Yasuuji and the Seiwa-Genji.
Several Swedish noble families claim descent from Benedikte.
The Halaypotra claim descent from Halosamma, a nobleman belonging to the Samma Rajput tribe.
Another group, called Sherfa, are those who claim descent from the prophet Muhammad.
Both branches claim descent from Leòd, who lived in the 13th century.
The royal Rathore family of Jodhpur claim descent from the famous Rashtrakuta dynasty.
Others claim descent from the Gweagal clan . [ citation needed ].
Go ahead . King Arthur said that you claim descent from a king of Britain.
The Lamonts claim descent from Anrothan O'Neill, an Irish prince.
The Jews of Rusape, Zimbabwe, also claim descent from ancient Jewish communities.
Many of the Church 's members claim descent from Joseph through his sons, Ephraim or Manasseh.
Lucy Avery could justly claim descent from Edmund Ironside, the English king, crowned in 1016.

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