These rituals are expected to be performed only by male descendants of the deceased.

His male descendants took over the Lassie role for the nearly 20 year run of the television series.

In any case no male descendants of the royal line, among those whose blood was little mixed, could be found.

An important factor is that families did not produce a sufficient amount of male descendants.

And it drew its presidents exclusively from among his male descendants.

Traditionally records were and are only made for male descendants of the family.

The man's male descendants were also deposited within this coffin.

The title of Prince was extended to his male descendants in 1712.

Zebulon died without a son, so left no male descendants.

It disappeared finally in the early 14th century, with the absence of male descendants.