ancestral
Passed through generations
Ancestral describes things relating to or inherited from one's ancestors—the family members who came before, often several generations back.
An ancestral home is where a family has lived for generations; ancestral lands are those a family or people have occupied since ancient times.
The word carries connotations of lineage, heritage, and connection to the past.
In biology, ancestral traits are those present in an organism's evolutionary forebears.
Study of family descent
- forebearsAncestral family members
- progenitorsOriginal ancestors of a lineage
- bloodlineAncestry through generations
- pedigreeRecord of descent
descent · foremothers · parentage · kinship · family tree · descendants · progeny · kinfolk
Property received from ancestors
- legacyWhat's passed down
- birthrightEntitlement from origin
- rootsUnderground nutrient absorbers
- cultureCollective social practices
ethnicity · traditions · heirlooms · patrimony · homeland · mother country · diaspora · identity
Of a clan
- nativeOriginating from a place
- clanRelated group sharing ancestry
- villageSmall rural community
- communityCollective of connected people
elders · totems · shamanism · dreamtime · songlines · First Nations · oral history · sacred sites
Very old indeed
- prehistoricBefore documented civilization
- aboriginalIndigenous to a place
- archaicBelonging to earlier times
- originStarting point or source
genesis · primitive · neolithic · paleolithic · antediluvian · primal · primeval · early
Profound admiring respect
- spiritsLiquor or apparitions
- altarSacred ritual table
- offeringsThings presented or given
- shrinesSacred devotional sites
remembrance · rituals · ceremonies · Day of the Dead · reverence · blessings · guidance · prayers
genealogy
Study of family descent
- forebearsAncestral family members
- progenitorsOriginal ancestors of a lineage
- bloodlineAncestry through generations
pedigree · descent · foremothers · parentage · kinship · family tree · descendants · progeny · kinfolk · relatives
inheritance
Property received from ancestors
- legacyWhat's passed down
- birthrightEntitlement from origin
- rootsUnderground nutrient absorbers
culture · ethnicity · traditions · heirlooms · patrimony · homeland · mother country · diaspora · identity · customs
tribal
Of a clan
community · elders · totems · shamanism · dreamtime · songlines · First Nations · oral history · sacred sites · land rights
ancient
Very old indeed
- prehistoricBefore documented civilization
- aboriginalIndigenous to a place
- archaicBelonging to earlier times
origin · genesis · primitive · neolithic · paleolithic · antediluvian · primal · primeval · early · original
veneration
Profound admiring respect
shrines · remembrance · rituals · ceremonies · Day of the Dead · reverence · blessings · guidance · prayers · communion
- tradições culturaisritual, festival, canto, funeral, costume
- ancientantiquity, archaic, classical, medieval, Middle Ages
- ancient timesancient, primeval, primitive, primordial, archaic
- lineageroyal dynasties, bloodline, noble houses, dynasty, genealogy
- originsbeginning, birth, creation, source, roots
- vintagevintage, antique, retro, old-fashioned, nostalgic
ancestraldescendant
Person from earlier generations
filial · progeny · future · offspring · forward-looking
- ancestry researchInvestigating familial origins
- Scottish ancestryDescent from Scotland
- ancestry recordsDocuments tracing family lineage
- Mexican ancestryDescent from Mexico
- ancestral homeFamily's original dwelling place
- mixed ancestryLineage from multiple ethnicities