2026-07-072026-07-07http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/171505We prove that a degeneration rationally connected varieties over a field of characteristic zero always contains a geometrically irreducible subvariety which is rationally connected.Final version. 22 pages. To appear in Tran. AMSAlgebraic Geometry14J26,14J45(Primary)14E30,14G27(Secondary)text