death duty registers - help please

[sheddyg]

Have found an entry of interest to me in the the death duty registers on National Archives site. 

The column `degree of relationship' it states " D.B." & "D.S." what do these initials mean? On the entries for the other people on that page it is written in long hand eg niece, brother,etc

Would be grateful if anyone could decipher this for me. Its probably really obvious 

Many thanks
sheddyg

[Little Nell]

Hi sheddyg,

DB means descendant of brother and DS means descendant of sister.

Found in the Research Guide from TNA here:

http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/RdLeaflet.asp?sLeafletID=245

Nell

[sheddyg]

Thank you Nell    -  it all makes sense now!

sheddyg