forebearer

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Brent Stevens never met Ruth, born years after his famous forebearer died.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 12, 2021

The significance of the wolf also remains a mystery, although Dr O'Brien and Ms Malone both draw a line to Wolfe Tone, a revolutionary forebearer of Collins who led the Irish Rebellion of 1798.

From BBC • Feb. 27, 2021

The family cemetery in Nashville sits on land originally granted to a DeMoss forebearer who served in the Revolutionary War.

From Washington Times • Jun. 3, 2018

"They came to his grave as a way of going on a pilgrimage to a place to honor a great baseball forebearer."

From New York Times • Oct. 18, 2012

Under Constellation's mast is a spike from its Revolutionary War forebearer.

From Time Magazine Archive