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ancestor

person from whom another person is descended
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Summary

ancestor is a kinship[1]. ancestor draws 1,479 Wikipedia views per month (kinship category, ranking #10 of 57).[2]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: senior relative[3]
  • Commons category: Ancestors[4]
  • Opposite of: lineal descendant[5]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Ancestors[6]
  • Partially coincident with: progenitor[7]
  • Different from: Ancestor[8]

Why It Matters

ancestor has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[9] ancestor is known by 75 alternative names across languages and contexts.[10]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [9] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [10] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 13d ago · StarTrekker · 2026-10-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sitelink count → 72
    Wikipedia languages → ['af', 'an', 'ar', 'ast', 'az', 'ban', 'bcl', 'ca', 'cdo', 'ckb', 'cs', 'cv', 'd
    Subclass of → senior relative
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbremoveclaims-remove:1| */ Subclass of: predecessor"
  2. 18w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → 0391925-predkove
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: 0391925-predkove, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259495|batch #259495]]"
  3. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Different from → Ancestor
    Subclass of → senior relative
    Instance of → —
    Aliases → —
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|8 */ Yso id: 2210, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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