Ancestor

In genealogy and evolutionary biology, 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.

Extends: [Kinship and descent](https://wikipedia.org.ai/Kinship and descent), Ancestors, [Evolutionary biology](https://wikipedia.org.ai/Evolutionary biology)