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.
Despite its name, the game is not a variation of checkers, nor did it originate in China or any part of Asia (whereas the game è±¡æ£ xiangqi, or Chinese chess, is from China). The game was invented in Germany in 1892 under the name Stern-Halma as a variation of the older American game Halma.