Related Words for ancestor

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WordSyllablesCategories
antecedent
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Noun, Noun
ascendant
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Noun, Noun
descendant
x/x
Noun, Noun
descendent
x/x
Noun, Noun
ancestry
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Noun
ancestral
x/x
Adjective
lineage
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Noun
genealogy
xx/xx
Noun
progenitor
x/xx
Noun
grandfather
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Noun
genealogist
xx/xx
Noun
bloodline
/x
Noun
father
/x
Noun
surname
/x
Noun
deceased
x/
Adjective
sibling
/x
Noun
kinsman
/x
Noun
grandmother
/xx
Noun
emigrant
/xx
Noun, Adjective
grandparent
/xx
Noun
inheritor
x/xx
Noun
brother
/x
Noun
parentage
/xx
Noun
family
/xx
Noun
birthplace
/x
Noun
clan
/
Noun
origin
/xx
Noun
offspring
/x
Noun
namesake
/x
Noun
patrilineal
xx/xx
Adjective
mother
/x
Noun
uncle
/x
Noun
hominid
/xx
Noun
progeny
/xx
Noun
forerunner
/xx
Noun
protoplast
xxx
Noun
predecessor
/xxx
Noun
parent
/x
Noun
elder
/x
Noun
child
/
Noun
originator
x/xxx
Noun
father figure
/x/x
Phrase, Noun
blood relative
//xx
Phrase, Noun
heir
/
Noun
relative
/xx
Adjective
precursor
x/x
Noun
first cousin
//x
Phrase, Noun
scion
/x
Noun
relation
x/x
Noun
posterity
x/xx
Noun
former
/x
Noun
survivor
x/x
Noun
stepfather
/xx
Noun
sire
/x
Noun
blood relation
/x/x
Phrase, Noun
pioneer
xx/
Noun
initiator
xx/xx
Noun
decedent
x/x
Noun
grandchild
/x
Noun
patriarch
/xx
Noun
firstborn
//
Noun
grand
/
Noun
adoptee
x//
Noun
kindred
/x
Noun
creator
x/x
Noun
helper
/x
Noun
nephew
/x
Noun
successor
x/x
Noun
younger
/x
Adjective
eldest
/x
Noun
discoverer
x/xx
Noun
orphan
/x
Noun
forwarder
/xx
Noun
heir apparent
/x/x
Phrase, Noun
rector
/x
Verb
eponymous
x/xx
Adjective
clade
/
Noun
deified
/xx
Adjective, Verb
moabites
/xx
Name
sapiens
/xx
Noun
diverged
x/
Verb
reincarnated
xx/xx
Verb
chimps
/
Noun
tetrapods
xxx
Noun
assize
x/
Noun
neanderthals
x/xx
Name
homo
/x
Noun
throwback
/x
Noun
totemic
/xx
Adjective
descended
x/x
Verb
lineal
/xx
Adjective
reincarnation
xxx/x
Noun
earls
/
Noun
chimpanzees
x/x
Noun
founding
/x
Adjective
descent
x/
Noun
totem
/x
Noun
illustrious
x/xx
Adjective
angiosperms
/xx/
Noun
reptilian
x/x
Adjective
loins
/
Noun
revered
x/
Adjective
eukaryotes
x//
Noun
alphabets
/xx
Noun
paternal
x/x
Adjective
mythical
/xx
Adjective
taxa
/x
Noun
vertebrates
/xx
Noun
grave
/
Noun
magnates
/x
Noun
venerated
/xxx
Adjective
gorillas
x/x
Noun
age
/
Noun, Verb
ancient
/x
Adjective, Noun
animistic
/x/x
Adjective
anthropomorphic
xxx/x
Adjective
ascendancy
x/xx
Noun
astral
/x
Adjective, Noun
aunt
/
Noun
brahmanical
//xx
Adjective
ceremony
/xxx
Noun
dead
/
Adjective, Noun, Adverb, Verb
fetish
/x
Noun
founder
/x
Noun, Verb
goddess
/x
Noun
hereditary
x/xxx
Adjective, Noun
heritage
/xx
Noun
heroes
/x
Noun
idol
/x
Noun
indians
/xx
Noun
influence
/xx
Noun, Verb
kin
/
Noun, Adjective, Verb
old
/
Adjective, Noun
olympian
x/xx
Adjective, Name
pagan
/x
Noun, Adjective
past
/
Noun, Adjective, Adverb
patrimonial
/xxx
Adjective
personified
x/xx
Verb
prototype
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Noun, Verb
satanic
x/x
Adjective
stock
/
Noun, Verb, Adjective
oh
/
Noun, Verb
maypole
/x
Noun, Verb
girly
/x
Adjective, Noun
cloth
/
Noun
milestone
/x
Noun, Verb
idiomatic
xxx/x
Adjective, Noun
expression
x/x
Noun
pidgin
/x
Noun
sfa
x
Name