ancestor
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I teach my students about Didion’s ancestor, Nancy Hardin Cornwall, who trekked westward with the Donner-Reed party in 1846.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026
Canada, on the other hand, has done exactly the opposite: If you have a direct ancestor born across the northern border, no matter how far back, you probably qualify.
From Salon • May 31, 2026
The team also traced the gene FOS, which is widely expressed in blood cells across many animal species, back to a unicellular ancestor that lived about 700 million years ago.
From Science Daily • May 27, 2026
Millions of years later, this ancestor became more active again and returned to a swimming lifestyle.
From Science Daily • Apr. 27, 2026
On this scroll it says that Sir Charles Baskerville had an ancestor called Sir Hugo Baskerville, who was a wild, profane and godless man.
From "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time" by Mark Haddon
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It's All in the Family
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Native American History - Introductory
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