Children
Successor
Successor noun - A person who follows next in order.
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Synonyms for Successor
Children and successor are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Children" instead a noun "Successor".
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Since the Romans held that adopted children had the same inheritance rights as biological ones, many Emperors decided that it would be easier to find a worthy successor and adopt him into the family than to train a relative into a worthy successor.
Source: Nepotism -
Invasion of the Baby Snatchers: André Linoge's goal is to take one of the town's children to raise as his successor.
Source: Series / Storm of the Century - If the player-controlled character dies, you have to choose a successor from the children you've recruited.
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