Technically? No. There is no distinction when using that term.

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Jul 10, 2019
2:33:00pm

StalwartBraveTrue All-American

Technically? No. There is no distinction when using that term.

The vagaries people are clarifying are terms such as “ancestor” or “relative”.

Descendant implies direct parent-child lineage.

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StalwartBraveTrue

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Why do people ask if you are a “direct descendant”? Is it possible to be a descendant but not a direct descendant?

CDV All-American

7/10/19 11:45am

In my mind, it's the same, but some view aunts and uncles as part of ancestral

StarMan

7/10/19 11:50am

This is what I think they are distinguishing by saying "direct descendant"

cougarfan84

7/10/19 12:00pm

Whoa. Congrats. You got a POTD for that. Nicely done.

CDV

7/10/19 12:02pm

Shhh.....three more POTD's and I will have earned one "indulgence" from Jefe!!

StarMan

7/10/19 12:05pm

RE: Shhh.....three more POTD's and I will have earned one "indulgence" from

Iki_Balam

7/10/19 12:52pm

RE: Shhh.....three more POTD's and I will have earned one "indulgence" from

StarMan

7/10/19 12:56pm

RE: Shhh.....three more POTD's and I will have earned one "indulgence" from

Iki_Balam

7/10/19 1:33pm

A kid I knew in Brazil was descended from Brigham Young's sibling...

UberDeek

7/10/19 12:41pm

You can be a descendant but not blood lineage for example a great-grandmother

BYU I Bleed Blue

7/10/19 11:59am

Technically? No. There is no distinction when using that term.

StalwartBraveTrue

7/10/19 2:33pm

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