Definitions for Ancestors
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1. ancestors

   An ancestor, also known as a forefather, fore-elder, or a forebear, is a parent or (recursively) the parent of an antecedent (i.e., a grandparent, great-grandparent, great-great-grandparent and so forth). Ancestor is "any person from whom one is descended. In law, the person from whom an estate has been inherited."Two individuals have a genetic relationship if one is the ancestor of the other or if they share a common ancestor. In evolutionary theory, species which share an evolutionary ancestor are said to be of common descent. However, this concept of ancestry does not apply to some bacteria and other organisms capable of horizontal gene transfer. Some research suggests that the average person has twice as many female ancestors as male ancestors. This might have been due to the past prevalence of polygynous relations and female hypergamy.Assuming that all of an individual's ancestors are otherwise unrelated to each other, that individual has 2n ancestors in the nth generation before her/him and a total of 2g+1 − 2 ancestors in the g generations before him/her. In practice, however, it is clear that most ancestors of humans (and any other species) are multiply related (see pedigree collapse). Consider n = 40: the human species is more than 40 generations old, yet the number 240, approximately 1012 or one trillion, dwarfs the number of humans who have ever lived. Some cultures confer reverence to ancestors, both living and dead; in contrast, some more youth-oriented cultural contexts display less veneration of elders. In other cultural contexts, some people seek providence from their deceased ancestors; this practice is sometimes known as ancestor worship or, more accurately, ancestor veneration.

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1. Ancestors

   Ancestors is a five-piece psychedelic/progressive rock/doom metal ensemble residing in Los Angeles.

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1. ANCESTORS

   The originators of the Family Tree, a remarkable sex paradox in which the Ann sisters are always the four fathers.

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1. sensactor

How to pronounce Ancestors?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say Ancestors in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Ancestors in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Ancestors in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of Ancestors in a Sentence

1. Andrea Hunter:

   It is our ancestors who are buried there in that cave, it is our ancestors that created the images that are on the walls and conducted the rituals that took place. It is absolutely the most sacred site that we have. And it rightfully should be in our ownership.

2. Ganesha Gold Buffalo:

   My first introduction to colonialism looked a lot like me waking up at four in the morning, five in the morning, every morning, to sounds of my ancestors screaming from outside my window, coming from the ground, coming from the earth, i followed those screams into the woods as a child … and was taught by my ancestors in those woods, in the forms of nature spirits, in the forms of elementals, in the forms of natural deities and old gods. While I was out there, I was taught many things and my mind was decolonized.

3. Bella Hadid:

   I wish I had kept the nose of my ancestors.

4. Douglas Adams:

   Humans are not proud of their ancestors, and rarely invite them round to dinner.

5. Haida Indian saying:

   We do not inherit this land from our ancestors; we borrow it from our children.

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References

1. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancestors
2. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=Ancestors
3. ^ The Foolish Dictionary, by Gideon Wurdz
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/1989/pg1989-images.html#:~:text=Ancestors