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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