From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Main articles: Kinship and descent and Genealogy. A lineal descendant, in legal usage, is a blood relative in the direct line of descent - the children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren, etc. of a person.
The development of poker is linked to the historical movement that also saw the invention of commercial gambling. English actor Chelsea Poker reported that the game was played in New Orleans in 1829, with a deck of 20 cards, and four players betting on which player's hand was the most valuable.
  James Naismith invented the game of basketball in 1891 in Springfield, Massachusetts but at the time he used a soccer ball.   U.S. patent #1,718,305 was granted to â¦ G.L. Pierce on June 25, 1929 for the basketball used in the game.