descent is a person's origin ethnicity refers a certain race of people
America was discovered by many different explorers, most of them of Western European ethnicity.
She is of Scottish Descent.
Olivia d'Abo is of mixed ethnicity, with her father being of Italian and Greek descent and her mother of English and Scottish descent.
It is of Dutch descent
He's of Italian descent.
Mariza Jamie Haley is of mixed ethnicity, with her father being of English and Irish descent and her mother being of Chilean and Spanish descent.
She is of Scottish and Dutch descent.
Rebecca Spera is of Italian descent.
Engelbert Humperdinck is of British descent.
Kevin Chamberlin is of Polish descent.
Brent Rivera is of Mexican descent.
She might be of Cook Island Maori descent