ancestor
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It is unclear exactly how the sculpture came to be in the Cotswolds, but the family presume it was bought at auction by an ancestor in the mid 1900s.
From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026
Thanks to an ancestor who wished to never feel the agony of love again, any man the Owens women fall in love with ends up dead.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026
She arrived a few days before Día de los Muertos, a day of ancestor veneration in Mexican states like Michoacan, Jalisco and Oaxaca.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026
New research suggests that whatever scientists ultimately discover about the last common ancestor of humans and chimpanzees, one characteristic may be difficult to dispute: it was probably capable of climbing trees.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 31, 2026
An ancestor was cursed ... it showed up in her.
From "Harry Potter and the Cursed Child" by J.K. Rowling
“I need to be true to myself and my ancestors who resisted colonisation, and fought for a freedom that I enjoy today in Ireland,” Rowe continued.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026
I do not have faith in gods the way my ancestors had faith in Zeus.
From Salon ● Sep. 9, 2026
Brian Guillermo Dyson was born Sept. 7, 1935, into a family whose British ancestors emigrated to Argentina in the 19th century.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026
Grange said it could pave the way for a "long outstanding settlement for the hundreds of years of the most horrific abuse that our African ancestors endured".
From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2026
As they crossed over, the ancestors played mbiras and drums from the depths of the water, and after they had passed, the river came together again.
From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer
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