diff --git a/packages/descendants/examples/add-remove.example.tsx b/packages/descendants/examples/add-remove.example.tsx
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+import * as React from "react";
+import { useStatefulRefValue } from "@reach/utils/use-stateful-ref-value";
+import {
+  createDescendantContext,
+  DescendantProvider,
+  useDescendant,
+  useDescendantsInit,
+} from "@reach/descendants";
+import type { Descendant } from "@reach/descendants";
+import { isFunction } from "@reach/utils/type-check";
+
+/*
+For dynamic lists where items may be rearranged, you should explicitly pass an
+index prop. Of course you don't *need* the descendants package at all in this
+case, this is to illustrate that the explicit index takes precedence over the
+calculated index.
+ */
+
+const name = "Adding/Removing";
+
+function Example() {
+  let addBtn = React.useRef<HTMLInputElement>(null);
+  let [{ items, inputValue }, set] = React.useState(() => ({
+    items: [] as string[],
+    inputValue: "",
+  }));
+
+  return (
+    <div>
+      <form
+        onSubmit={(event) => {
+          event.preventDefault();
+          let value = inputValue.trim();
+          if (!value) {
+            console.log("Please enter a value!");
+            return;
+          } else if (items.includes(value)) {
+            console.log("Items in the list must be unique");
+            return;
+          }
+
+          set(({ items }) => ({
+            items: [...items, value],
+            inputValue: "",
+          }));
+        }}
+      >
+        <div>
+          <label>
+            <input
+              maxLength={7}
+              type="text"
+              name="add"
+              ref={addBtn}
+              autoComplete="off"
+              required
+              onChange={(e) => {
+                let next = e.target.value;
+                if (!next.includes(" ")) {
+                  set(({ items }) => ({
+                    items,
+                    inputValue: next,
+                  }));
+                }
+              }}
+              value={inputValue}
+            />
+          </label>
+        </div>
+        <button type="submit" disabled={!inputValue || undefined}>
+          Add
+        </button>
+        <button
+          type="button"
+          disabled={items.length < 1 || undefined}
+          onClick={() => {
+            if (items.length < 1) {
+              return;
+            }
+            set(({ items, inputValue }) => {
+              let i = Math.floor(Math.random() * items.length);
+              return {
+                inputValue,
+                items: [
+                  ...items.slice(0, i),
+                  ...items.slice(i + 1, items.length),
+                ],
+              };
+            });
+          }}
+        >
+          Remove Random Item
+        </button>
+      </form>
+
+      <hr />
+      <ListProvider>
+        {items.map((item, i) => (
+          <ListItem
+            key={item}
+            index={i}
+            style={{
+              display: "flex",
+              justifyContent: "space-between",
+              width: 200,
+              maxWidth: "100%",
+              gap: 10,
+              fontFamily: "monospace",
+            }}
+          >
+            {({ index }) => (
+              <React.Fragment>
+                <div>Item: {item}</div>
+                <div>Index: {index}</div>
+              </React.Fragment>
+            )}
+          </ListItem>
+        ))}
+      </ListProvider>
+    </div>
+  );
+}
+
+Example.storyName = name;
+export { Example };
+
+const DescendantContext =
+  createDescendantContext<DescendantType>("DescendantContext");
+
+const ListProvider: React.FC = ({ children }) => {
+  let [descendants, setDescendants] = useDescendantsInit<DescendantType>();
+  return (
+    <DescendantProvider
+      context={DescendantContext}
+      items={descendants}
+      set={setDescendants}
+    >
+      {children}
+    </DescendantProvider>
+  );
+};
+
+const ListItem: React.FC<{
+  children: React.ReactNode | ((props: { index: number }) => React.ReactNode);
+  index?: number;
+  style?: React.CSSProperties;
+}> = ({ children, index: indexProp, ...rest }) => {
+  let ref = React.useRef<HTMLDivElement | null>(null);
+  let [element, handleRefSet] = useStatefulRefValue(ref, null);
+  let descendant: Omit<DescendantType, "index"> = React.useMemo(() => {
+    return { element };
+  }, [element]);
+  let index = useDescendant(descendant, DescendantContext, indexProp);
+
+  return (
+    <div data-index={index} ref={handleRefSet} {...rest}>
+      {isFunction(children) ? children({ index }) : children}
+    </div>
+  );
+};
+
+type DescendantType = Descendant<HTMLDivElement>;
diff --git a/packages/descendants/examples/index.story.js b/packages/descendants/examples/index.story.js
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+export { Example as AddRemove } from "./add-remove.example";
+export { Example as Sorting } from "./sorting.example";
+
+export default {
+  title: "Descendants",
+};
diff --git a/packages/descendants/examples/sorting.example.tsx b/packages/descendants/examples/sorting.example.tsx
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+import * as React from "react";
+import { action } from "@storybook/addon-actions";
+import { useStatefulRefValue } from "@reach/utils/use-stateful-ref-value";
+import {
+  createDescendantContext,
+  DescendantProvider,
+  useDescendant,
+  useDescendantsInit,
+} from "@reach/descendants";
+import type { Descendant } from "@reach/descendants";
+import { isFunction } from "@reach/utils/type-check";
+
+/*
+For dynamic lists where items may be rearranged, you should explicitly pass an
+index prop. Of course you don't *need* the descendants package at all in this
+case, this is to illustrate that the explicit index takes precedence over the
+calculated index.
+ */
+
+const name = "Sorting";
+
+function Example() {
+  let [items, setItems] = React.useState([0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5]);
+  return (
+    <div>
+      <button
+        onClick={() => {
+          setItems((items) => {
+            return [...items].sort(() => 0.5 - Math.random());
+          });
+        }}
+      >
+        Randomize
+      </button>
+      <hr />
+      <ListProvider>
+        {items.map((item, i) => (
+          <ListItem
+            key={item}
+            index={i}
+            style={{
+              display: "flex",
+              justifyContent: "space-between",
+              width: 200,
+              maxWidth: "100%",
+              gap: 10,
+              fontFamily: "monospace",
+            }}
+          >
+            {({ index }) => (
+              <React.Fragment>
+                <div>Item: {item}</div>
+                <div>Index: {index}</div>
+              </React.Fragment>
+            )}
+          </ListItem>
+        ))}
+      </ListProvider>
+    </div>
+  );
+}
+
+Example.storyName = name;
+export { Example };
+
+const DescendantContext =
+  createDescendantContext<DescendantType>("DescendantContext");
+
+const ListProvider: React.FC = ({ children }) => {
+  let [descendants, setDescendants] = useDescendantsInit<DescendantType>();
+  return (
+    <DescendantProvider
+      context={DescendantContext}
+      items={descendants}
+      set={setDescendants}
+    >
+      {children}
+    </DescendantProvider>
+  );
+};
+
+const ListItem: React.FC<{
+  children: React.ReactNode | ((props: { index: number }) => React.ReactNode);
+  index?: number;
+  style?: React.CSSProperties;
+}> = ({ children, index: indexProp, ...rest }) => {
+  let ref = React.useRef<HTMLDivElement | null>(null);
+  let [element, handleRefSet] = useStatefulRefValue(ref, null);
+  let descendant: Omit<DescendantType, "index"> = React.useMemo(() => {
+    return { element };
+  }, [element]);
+  let index = useDescendant(descendant, DescendantContext, indexProp);
+
+  return (
+    <div data-index={index} ref={handleRefSet} {...rest}>
+      {isFunction(children) ? children({ index }) : children}
+    </div>
+  );
+};
+
+type DescendantType = Descendant<HTMLDivElement>;