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An ancestor is a progenitor from which individuals or groups are descended.

Ancestor, ancestors, or ancestry may also refer to:

Film, TV, and games

• The Ancestor, a 1936 Italian film
• Ancestors (TV series), a public television mini-series on family history
• The Ancestors (Stargate)
• Ancestors: The Humankind Odyssey, a video game developed by Panache Digital Games

Music

• Ancestors (band), a metal band from Los Angeles, California
• Ancestors (Renee Rosnes album), 1995
• Ancestors (Mario Pavone album), 2008
• Ancestors (Wadada Leo Smith album), 2012
• Ancestors (EP), a 1997 EP by Edith Frost
• The Ancestors, an album by Tim Berne
• "Ancestress" (song), a 2022 song by Björk

Other uses

• Ancestor (sculpture), a 1965 public sculpture in Madison, Wisconsin
• Ancestor (novel), a 2006 novel by Scott Sigler

See also

• Ancestry.com, a genealogy website
• Descendant (disambiguation)
• Primitive (disambiguation)
• Progenitor

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