Those who follow a person in their family tree are their descendants (children, grandchildren, etc.).
Descendant is any person who is descended from another , such as a grandson or a child. The concept is associated with the notion of kinship (the blood relationship or union by virtue of law ).
If we consider the case of an individual, those generations of their family that preceded their arrival into the world are known as ancestors . Great-great-grandparents, great-grandparents, grandparents, and parents are ancestors of a person.
What is a descendant
The descendants of a subject, therefore, are the generations that follow him in the family tree: children , grandchildren , great-grandchildren , great-great-grandchildren , etc. Of course, a subject can be an ascendant or a descendant, depending on the family member taken into consideration.
For example: Osvaldo is Javier 's grandfather and, therefore, one of his ancestors. But Osvaldo is a descendant of Rubén , his father. This means that Osvaldo , like all people, occupies the place of ascendant and descendant as the case may be.
Different lines
The line of descent can be straight (an ancestor linked to those who descend from him directly: great-great-grandson-grandson-son) or collateral (an ancestor linked to his descendants without a direct line, since they are not descended from each other: cousins, brothers, uncles). Hugo is a descendant of his great-uncle Ramiro , although he is not his direct descendant.
For biology , offspring is the result of reproduction . This definition transcends human beings and includes other living beings (animals, bacteria). All those individuals with a common ancestor form a clan , while in human beings we speak of a family .
The descendants of Adolf Hitler suffered social rejection.
Being a descendant of Hitler
The name of Adolf Hitler has been causing chills for decades in those who pronounce it, especially those who had to suffer closely from his macabre actions. But the hatred he spread during his unfortunate life affected many more people than those who perished under his clutches: both the descendants of his direct victims and his own continue to carry the terrible weight of being related to Hitler, in one way or another. .
No matter the religion, nor the level of knowledge that people have about Hitler's reign: just mentioning this surname helps people from many parts of the world make reference to pure evil, injustice, which evokes the deepest fear. imaginable, and surely no one would want to meet him face to face. In that sense, almost all of us are safe, since Adolf left this Earth a long time ago never to return; But what happens to those who have their blood in their veins ?
The history of their relatives
Currently, five people represent his only lineage, although it should be noted that Hitler has no direct descendants: Raubal, Heiner and Peter Hochegger, children of Angela, his half-sister; Louis, Brian and Alexander Stuart-Houston, sons of a half-brother named Alois Hitler Jr.
How do these unfortunate individuals live knowing that their family tree irreversibly connects them with one of the most feared and repudiated men in the history of humanity, with evil made flesh, with the cause of a wound that no one can erase in a moment? entire town? Well, not very well.
Several of Hitler's relatives mentioned above have agreed not to marry or leave children, to end their lineage once and for all, a decision that undoubtedly demonstrates the great weight that the relationship, although indirect, with Hitler must represent for them. the author of so many deaths and torture. Although it is not very difficult to understand, it is a very particular agreement that for many may seem noble, but it may be Adolf's last injustice, since none of these people have been responsible either directly or indirectly for the Holocaust .