ancestor

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Lord Courtenay entered the upper chamber in 2018 after inheriting his late father's title, which was first given to a distant ancestor in 1142, almost 900 years ago.

From BBC • Mar. 13, 2026

It is true that he is the first member of the royal family to be arrested since his ancestor King Charles I was tried and executed at Westminster in 1649.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 23, 2026

The museum called the find of the elephant relative and the ancestor of today's slow-moving tree-dwellers with long, curved claws "one of the most relevant" in Costa Rica in decades.

From Barron's • Feb. 13, 2026

Every organism alive today traces its lineage back to a single shared ancestor that lived about four billion years ago.

From Science Daily • Feb. 10, 2026

“Maybe you brought some of your ancestor back with you.”

From "Darius the Great Is Not Okay" by Adib Khorram