What They Play: Fallout 3

I came across this post quite by accident. Something piqued my interest and I visited this site for the first time. I had heard about What They Play before, but was never interested enough to check it out. Thumbing through their review of Fallout 3, I found the following statement:

Though the game begins in the comforts of a relatively cozy Vault -- where you're told your descendants have lived since a chain of nuclear explosions rocked America 200 years ago -- not long into the game you escape the Vault and enter the Capital Wasteland.

Plain and simply, the character in reference here has no descendants. He's a 19-year-old, wet-behind-the-ears kid who's never even thought of having children. Though it's clear that they simply confused 'ancestors' and 'descendants', this has always been a little pet peeve of mine, as it just doesn't make sense.

Source: http://www.whattheyplay.com/features/fallout-3-7-things-parents-should-know/?page=5