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'a scion of' is a valid phrase in written English.
It is used to refer to a descendant of a notable ancestor – particularly a descendant of a royal or noble family. For example: "Marie-Thérèse is a scion of the House of Bourbon and a direct descendant of King Louis XIV of France."
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a scion of the nobility.
In those ranks was bin Laden, a scion of a wealthy Saudi Arabian family.
Mr Herzog is a scion of Israeli Labour aristocracy: his father was the country's sixth president.
Rabbi Teitz was a scion of a line of rabbis stretching back centuries.
Astor was a scion of a multi-millionaire Anglo-American family.
And he has star appeal as a scion of one of the most famous political families.
As a scion of the Bush family, he became front-page news.
Dean Bainbridge was a scion of one of America's most distinguished and historic families.
Mr. Daley, a scion of the Chicago political family, will leave the cabinet on July 15.
Mr. Papandreou, though a scion of a pedigreed socialist political clan, has broken the mold.
Among them was Hillel Nahmad, a scion of a prominent art-dealing family.
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