Nachfahren
(descendants) is sometimes used as part of a company name and indicates that the new proprietor stood in a family relationship with the former owner and either took over during the lifetime of the former proprietor or inherited it after his passing.
Releated terms are ⇒Erben (heirs) or ⇒Nachfolger (successor[s]).
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