| Abraham |
according to the Old Testament, the first of the postdiluvian patriarchs, father of Isaac, and ancestor of the Hebrews. |
| ancestral |
pertaining to, inherited from, or descended from an ancestor or ancestors. |
| ancestress |
a female ancestor. |
| aurochs |
an extinct wild ox once common in northern Africa, Europe, and western Asia, and probably an ancestor of domestic cattle. [1/2 definitions] |
| bar sinister |
in heraldry, a bar on a shield that runs diagonally from lower left to upper right, signifying an illegitimate ancestor; bend sinister. [1/3 definitions] |
| clan |
among the Scottish Highlanders, a traditional basis of social organization, composed of a group of families claiming a common hereditary ancestor. [1/3 definitions] |
| clone |
an organism or group of organisms produced asexually from a single ancestor and genetically replicating it. [2/5 definitions] |
| cognate |
descended from a common ancestor. [1/4 definitions] |
| collateral |
related by descent from a common ancestor, but not in the same line of descent. [1/5 definitions] |
| cousin |
a relative having a common ancestor but in a different line of descent. [1/3 definitions] |
| damask rose |
a fragrant pink Asian rose that is an ancestor of hybrid roses and whose oil is often used as a source for attar. |
| descendant |
one regarded as the biological offspring of a given ancestor or ancestors. [1/3 definitions] |
| family |
all those persons descended from a common ancestor. [1/8 definitions] |
| father |
a male ancestor; forefather. [1/10 definitions] |
| forebear |
an ancestor or forefather. |
| forefather |
an ancestor. [1/2 definitions] |
| forerunner |
one that came before; ancestor; predecessor; precursor. [1/2 definitions] |
| gens |
in ancient Rome, a patrilineal clan having a common name and worshiping a common ancestor. [1/2 definitions] |
| grandfather |
a person from whom one is descended; forefather; ancestor. [1/3 definitions] |
| grandmother |
a woman from whom one is descended; female ancestor. [1/2 definitions] |
| heir apparent |
one whose right to inherit property or a title cannot be legally denied if the ancestor dies without having made a will. (See heir presumptive.) |