HEREDITY
THE PEDIGREE
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children
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parents
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siblings
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Detailed explanation-1: -children or young of a particular parent or progenitor. a child or animal in relation to its parent or parents.
Detailed explanation-2: -offspring (n.) Old English ofspring “children or young collectively, descendants, ” literally “those who spring off (someone), ” from of “away, away from” (see off (prep.)) + springan “to spring” (see spring (v.)).
Detailed explanation-3: -Human offspring (descendants) are referred to as children (without reference to age, thus one can refer to a parent’s “minor children” or “adult children” or “infant children” or “teenage children” depending on their age); male children are sons and female children are daughters (see kinship).
Detailed explanation-4: -eldest, firstborn. the offspring who came first in the order of birth.