#forefather.ancestor__father__sire  the founder of a family; "keep the faith of our forefathers"
  supertype:  #ancestor__ascendant__ascendent__antecedent__root  someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote that a grandparent)
  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

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