An ancestor is a progenitor from which individuals or groups are descended.
Ancestor, ancestors, or ancestry may also refer to:
Film, TV, and games
edit- 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
edit- 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
edit- Ancestor (sculpture), a 1965 public sculpture in Madison, Wisconsin
- Ancestor (novel), a 2006 novel by Scott Sigler
See also
edit- Ancestry.com, a genealogy website
- Descendant (disambiguation)
- Primitive (disambiguation)
- Progenitor