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a member of your family who lived a long time ago

ancestor, ascendant, ascendent, antecedent, root(noun)

someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent)

a person who is several generations earlier in an individual's line of descent

Bridie's Irish ancestors immigrated to the United States in the 19th century during the Great Potato Famine

something belonging to an earlier time from which something else was later developed

pinball machines—the ancestors of today's video games—go back to the 19th century

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