受け継ぐ: to inherit

父ちちの店みせを受け継うけついだ。

I took over my father's shop.

縄文人じょうもんじんの遺伝子いでんしの一部いちぶは、今いまの日本人にほんじんにも受うけつがれています。

Part of the genes of the Jōmon people has been passed down to the Japanese of today as well.