Ancestor
Person from whom another person is descended / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
An ancestor, also known as a forefather, fore-elder, or a forebear,[1] 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."[2]
For other uses, see Ancestor (disambiguation).
"Ancestry" redirects here. For the genealogy company, see Ancestry.com.
"Forefather" redirects here. For the band, see Forefather (band).
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