Descendant
# Descendant

Descendant(s) or descendent(s) may refer to:

## Books

* "The Descendant" (short story), a short story by early 20th-century science-fiction writer H. P. Lovecraft
* The Descendants (novel), a 2007 novel by Kaui Hart Hemmings

## Film and television

* Descendant (2003 film), a thriller film starring Katherine Heigl and Jeremy London
* Descendants (2008 film), an animated short film, Winner Tokyo Anime Award 2009
* Descendents (2008 film), a Chilean experimental horror film
* The Descendants, a 2011 American drama film directed by Alexander Payne with George Clooney
* The Descendants (2015 film), an Iranian film directed by Yaser Talebi
* Descendants (franchise), a Disney Channel television film franchise
   * Descendants (2015 film), the television film that started the above franchise
   * Descendants (soundtrack), the soundtrack for the television film
* Descendant (2022 film), Netflix documentary
* "Descendants", a Series D episode of the television series QI (2006)

## Music

* Descendents, a punk rock band from southern California

## Other

* A type of node (element) in a tree structure
* A subordinate in a hierarchy
* Descendant (astrology), the western horizon-point directly opposite from the eastern horizon; also known as the ascendant (the rising sign); point at which the Sun sets in the west
