Is every Link in each LoZ game the same person or a decendant of the First?

[Cheebee]

Words Of Wisdom said:

Cheebee said:
Well, Shigeru Miyamoto has officially stated on several occasions that every Link is different

Proof?  The thread ends here if you can put proof to that statement.

Ah, I honestly can't be arsed to look everything up, but here you go: 

http://sweepstakes.nintendo.com/gamedev?gameid=m-Game-0000-823

"In our opinions, every Zelda game features a different Link. A new hero named Link always rises to fight evil." 

There. Interview with Aonuma and Miyamoto. Official Nintendo website. 

Also, viewtiful_jon, the reason all princesses are called Zelda is explained in Zelda 2 for the NES: there was a princess named Zelda, she was cursed and put to eternal sleep. and therefore it was decreed that every female born into the royal family should be named Zelda.