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Keywords:
Grandparent,
Descend,
Forefather,
Whom,
Forebear
One from whom a person is descended, whether on the father's or mother's side, at any distance of time; a progenitor; a fore father.
An earlier type; a progenitor; as, this fossil animal is regarded as the ancestor of the horse.
One from whom an estate has descended; -- the correlative of heir.
The ancestors of a chain letter are its parents, parents of the parents, parents of . . .etc.
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