An ancestor came before. Your grandmother's grandmother and any relative before her is one of your ancestors.
Styptic. [Obs.]
Noun
someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent)
n.
One from whom a person is descended, whether on the
father's or mother's side, at any distance of time; a progenitor; a
fore father.
n.
An earlier type; a progenitor; as, this fossil animal is
regarded as the ancestor of the horse.
n.
One from whom an estate has descended; -- the correlative
of heir.
Ancestor
An`a*stal"tic , a. & n.Styptic. [Obs.]
Usage Examples
If you share a common ancestor with somebody, you're related to them. It doesn't mean that you're going to invite them to the family reunion, but it means that you share DNA.
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Other Usage ExamplesIf you share a common ancestor with somebody, you're related to them. It doesn't mean that you're going to invite them to the family reunion, but it means that you share DNA. I think it's fascinating.
But you see, our society is still trapped in this binary, black/white logic and that has had some very positive implications for our generation. It's had some very negative ones as well and one of the negative ones is that it creates enormous identity problems for people who have one black ancestor and all white ancestors for example.