ancestor
noun
someone who is related to you who lived a long time ago
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noun
a drawing that contains the names of everyone in a family over a long period of time and that shows the relationships among them
another spelling of forebear
noun
the people in your family who lived in the past, especially when you come from a rich or important family
noun
someone’s parents and other family members from the past, especially in families of a high social class
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a news article that consists of a chart … and only has a small amount of text
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