#ancestor__ascendant__ascendent__antecedent__root  someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote that a grandparent)
  exclusion:  descendant
  supertype:  relative__relation  a person related by blood or marriage; "police are searching for relatives of the deceased"; "he has distant relations back in New Jersey"
  subtype:  ancestress  a woman ancestor
  subtype:  forebear__forbear  a person from whom you are descended
     subtype:  grandparent  a parent of your father or mother
        subtype:  grandfather__gramps__granddad__grandad__granddaddy__grandpa  the father of your father or mother
        subtype:  grandma__grandmother__granny__grannie__gran  the mother of your father or mother
           subtype:  nan.grandma  (British) your grandmother
     subtype:  great_grandparent__greatgrandparent  a parent of your grandparent
        subtype:  great_grandmother__greatgrandmother  a mother of your grandparent
        subtype:  great_grandfather__greatgrandfather  a father of your grandparent
  subtype:  forefather.ancestor__father__sire  the founder of a family; "keep the faith of our forefathers"
     subtype:  patriarch  any of the early Biblical characters regarded as fathers of the human race
        subtype:  antediluvian_patriarch__antediluvian  any of the early patriarchs who lived prior to the Deluge
        subtype:  Jacob  (Old Testament) son of Isaac; brother of Esau; father of the twelve patriarchs of Israel; Jacob wrestled with God and forced God to bless him, so God gave Jacob the new name of Israel (meaning `one who has been strong against God')
        subtype:  Simeon  (Old Testament) the 2nd son of Jacob and one of the 12 patriarchs of Israel
        instance:  Abraham  Benjamin  Isaac  Ishmael  Issachar  Joseph  Joseph.patriarch__joseph  Judah  Methuselah  Noah  Reuben.patriarch__reuben
  subtype:  foremother  a woman ancestor
  subtype:  progenitor__primogenitor  an ancestor in the direct line
     subtype:  genitor  a natural father or mother
        subtype:  parent  a father or mother; one who begets or one who gives birth to or nurtures and raises a child; a relative who plays the role of guardian
           subtype:  adoptive_parent__adopter  a person who adopts a child of other parents as his or her own child
           subtype:  father__male_parent__begetter  a male parent (also used as a term of address to your father); "his father was born in Atlanta"
              subtype:  dad__dada__daddy__pa__papa__pappa__pater__pop  an informal term for a father; probably derived from baby talk
              subtype:  father-in-law  the father of your spouse
              subtype:  old_man  informal term for your father
           subtype:  mother__female_parent  a woman who has given birth to a child (also used as a term of address to your mother); "the mother of three children"
              subtype:  ma__mama__mamma__mom__momma__mommy__mammy__mum__mummy__mater  informal terms for a mother
              subtype:  mother-in-law  the mother of your spouse
                 instance:  Naomi__Noemi
              subtype:  primipara__para_I  (obstetrics) woman who has been delivered of a child for the first time
              subtype:  puerpera  a woman in childbirth or shortly thereafter
              subtype:  quadripara  (obstetrics) woman who has given birth to a viable infant in each of four pregnancies
              subtype:  quintipara  (obstetrics) woman who has given birth to a viable infant in each of five pregnancies
              subtype:  surrogate_mother__surrogatemother  a woman who bears a child for a couple where the wife is unable to do so; "a surrogate mother is artificially inseminated with the father's semen and carries the fetus to term"
              instance:  Virgin_Mary__Mary__The_Virgin__Madonna
           subtype:  stepparent  the spouse of your parent by a subsequent marriage
              subtype:  stepfather  the husband of your mother by a subsequent marriage
              subtype:  stepmother  the wife of your husband by a subsequent marriage

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