Ancestor

An ancestor, also known as a forefather, fore-elder, or a forebear, is a parent or (recursively) the parent of an antecedent (i.e., a grandparent, great-grandparent, great-great-grandparent and so forth). Ancestor is "any person from whom one is descended. In law, the person from whom an estate has been inherited."

For other uses, see Ancestor (disambiguation).
"Ancestry" redirects here. For the genealogy company, see Ancestry.com.

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