Issue (genealogy)

In genealogy and wills, one's lineal descendants

In genealogy and wills, a person's issue means all their lineal descendants.

## Lineal descendants

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Issue typically means a person's lineal descendants—all genetic descendants of a person, regardless of degree.[1] Issue is a narrower category than heirs, which includes spouses, and collaterals (siblings, cousins, aunts, and uncles).[2] This meaning of issue arises most often in wills and trusts.[3] A person who has no living lineal descendants is said to have died without issue.

A child or children are first-generation descendants and are a subset of issue.[4]

## See also

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* Legitimacy (family law) – Legal status of a child born to parents who are legally married
* Lineal descendant – Blood relative in the direct line of descent
* Primogeniture – Inheritance by the eldest, usually male, child
* Royal bastard – Child of a reigning monarch born out of wedlock
* Royal descent – Genealogical kinship and descent

## References

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1. ^ Glenda K. Harnad, J. D. and Karl Oakes, J. D., Corpus Juris Secundum, Descent and Distribution § 35 (2015)
2. ^ HEIR, Black's Law Dictionary (10th ed. 2014).
3. ^ For example, In re Auclair's Estate, 75 Cal. App. 2d 189, 170 P.2d 29 (1st Dist. 1945); Brawford v. Wolfe, 103 Mo. 391, 15 S.W. 426 (1891)
4. ^ "Issue and children in wills". willshub.com.au. BHS Legal. 17 March 2022 [25 August 2020]. Archived from the original on September 11, 2022. Retrieved 17 December 2021.

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