If your relative died sine prole, it means they did without descendants or issue. Sometimes genealogical publications abbreviate this as d.s.p. The person should still be researched.
Note if it is indicated that your direct line ancestor d. s. p., then you’ve got some more research to do. If they actually had no descendants that means they are not your direct line ancestor.
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>without descendants or issue
Does this phrasing mean just no children or are you including something else in the ‘descendants’, such as nieces/nephews or cousins?
– Kay
It means no living direct-line descendants. That would not include nieces/nephews and cousins.
Thanks.