Descendants of black family who owned thriving resort on LA’s Manhattan Beach to have land returned

A black family whose ancestors built a seaside resort near Los Angeles a century ago, only to have it taken from them by racist policies, will have the land returned, officials announced on Friday. Los Angeles County plans to return prime beachfront property in Manhattan Beach that could now be worth more than $72 million … Read more

The PM power dynasties STILL going strong: The glamorous descendants of Britain’s politicians

The power, glamour and wealth of being a British Prime Minister doesn’t end when he or she leaves office, as these sprawling dynasties prove.  Tatler has revealed the descendants of Prime Ministers who continue to hold sway and boast stunning social connections decades – and sometimes hundreds of years – after the end of their … Read more

Whales are descendants of ‘tiny deer’ that walked on land 50 MILLION years ago

The largest animal on Earth swims through the depths of the oceans, but 50 million years ago whales walked the land on four legs. A professor at Northeast Ohio Medical University reveals the massive creatures are descendants of an ancient ‘little deer,’ known as Indohyus. Through the research of cetaceans evolution, which includes hippopotamus to … Read more

Descendants of Tobias Rustat blast Jesus College Cambridge plan to move memorial over slavery links

The descendants of a 17th century benefactor of one of Cambridge University’s richest colleges have criticised bosses’ plans to move a memorial of their ancestor into a wine cellar due to his alleged slavery links. Jesus College, which is worth £344 million, plans to move the funeral monument to Tobias Rustat from its chapel because … Read more

Dove Cameron reveals her relationship with Descendants costar Thomas Doherty ended in October

Dove Cameron reveals her relationship with Descendants costar Thomas Doherty ended in October: ‘The decision was incredibly difficult’ By Dan Heching For Dailymail.com Published: 06:38 GMT, 12 December 2020 | Updated: 06:38 GMT, 12 December 2020 They met on the set of their 2017 Disney film Descendants 2. But on Friday, actress Dove Cameron finally … Read more

Grandson of Nazi apologises to descendant’s of Jewish shopkeeper forced to sell his hardware store

German son apologises for his Nazi grandfather by tracking down the descendents of Jewish shopkeeper whose hardware store he seized Thomas Edelmann, 49, wrote to Israeli Hanna Ehrenreich, 83, to apologise Her grandfather was forced to sell his store in Bad Mergentheim to the Nazi He fled Germany with his wife Emma a few weeks before … Read more

Descendants of Earl plan new eco-mansion on 25,000-acre estate

Descendants of Earl behind the maxim an ‘Englishman’s home is his castle’ plan new eco-mansion on 25,000-acre estate that will be powered by solar panels and ‘carbon negative’ in 60 years Jacobean jurist Sir Edward Coke built Holkham Hall, Norfolk in the 18th century He is noted for coining the maxim that ‘an Englishman’s home … Read more