Descendant

Descendant or Descendent may refer to:

• Lineal descendant, a blood relative in the direct line of descent
  • Collateral descendant, a relative descended from a brother or sister of an ancestor
• Descendant (astrology), the point directly opposite from the Ascendant, or Rising Sign
• Descendents, a punk rock band from southern California
• Descendant (film), a 2003 film thriller starring Katherine Heigl and Jeremy London
• Descendants (film), a 2008 short film
• "The Descendant" (short story), a short story by H. P. Lovecraft
• The Descendants (novel), a novel by Kaui Hart Hemmings
• The Descendants, a 2011 film by Alexander Payne
• A descendant node in a tree structure
• A subordinate in a hierarchy