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 Ancestors (film), a 2026 Irish-British film
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