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Discover LudwigThe phrase 'is descended from' is correct and can be used in written English.
You can use the phrase when you are talking about someone who came from a certain family, culture, or race. Example: She is descended from a long line of farmers.
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Ames is descended from preachers.
It's present population is descended from slaves imported from Africa.
(He is descended from Bolívar's father's illegitimate son).
"The entire population is descended from a single female".
He is descended from a family of Scottish gardeners.
Mr Huckabee denies that man is descended from the apes.
He is descended from Hungarian, not German, Jews.
(His family is descended from 16th-century conquistadors).
Porfirio Gutiérrez is descended from a long line of weavers from Teotitlan del Valle, Oaxaca.
"Our Speaker is descended from Romanian Jews, the Lord Speaker's family hails from Portugal.
He is descended from a long line of preachers on both sides of the family.
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