Examples of 'were descended' in a sentence
Meaning of "were descended"
This phrase indicates that someone or something originated from a particular ancestor or lineage. It suggests that the subject's ancestry can be traced back to the mentioned predecessor or group
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Both species were descended from a common ancestor.
All of the subsequent Württemberg royal family were descended from him.
His parents were descended from noble families.
All the Toungoo monarchs after him were descended from him.
These wild cattle were descended from cattle introduced in the previous century.
Darwin also advanced the idea that species were descended from a common ancestor.
From the couple were descended several bishops and the greatest seigneurs of Brittany.
Everybody alive is lucky and were descended from the lucky.
They were descended from the tribes who lived in the Delta in earlier periods and.
I dont care if you believe we were descended from pink elephants.
Most were descended from families who had been in the United States for many generations.
The great majority of them were descended from the same line.
His unusual middle name came from the Fettiplace family from which the Lawrences were descended.
All species were descended.
From this marriage the Blairs of Giffordland were descended.
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Most people considered that they were descended from a mixture of the two.
They were descended from and take their name after one Arduin Harduoin.
Themselves were descended.
They were descended from Huguenot immigrants to England.
All succeeding sultans were descended from Safiye.
Both were descended from David.
Many Swedish noble families were descended from him.
The family were descended from the Norman de Lucys.
Rather than taking consolation in the fact that they were descended from Abraham.
The myth that a people were descended from two brothers was also widespread.
The Thessalian tribes also claimed their horse breeds were descended from the centaurs.
William and Horatio were descended from a long line of psychics.
The Egyptians believed that these Apis bulls were descended from the sky.
He asked them if they were descended from David and they admitted it.
The plebeian gens of the Marcii claimed that they were descended from Marsyas.
My father said they were descended from a Dutch expedition.
Many famous people throughout American and British history were descended from the Hollands.
Both sides of his family were descended from early Puritan settlers in the state.
The Scopes people did not like being told that Adam and Eve were descended from monkeys.
And from Cain arose and were descended all the generations of the wicked.
There were a great many more of them, and that they were descended from.
Parents of Pandukabhaya were descended from the tribe of Chiththaraja.
It was a national religion given to those who, by birth, were descended from Abraham.
The Dinefwr family were descended from the second son of Rhodri the Great.
The ancient Egyptians believed that their kings were descended from the sun god Ra.
The Taíno believed they were descended from the union of Deminaán Caracaracol and a female turtle.
Whom the Israelites were descended.
These four were descended from Rapha in Gath.
Of the Scottish kings were descended.
Whites were descended from Adam through Seth.
They say that the Mongols were descended from the wolf.
They were descended from Robert Treat.
I remembered that the Swedes were descended from the Vikings.
They were descended from the Goths and Swedes.
Some Song dynasty families were descended from Tang era nobility.
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You are saying birds descended from dinosaurs
We are descended from the same royal family
A scary silence has descended on the house
