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      an American five-piece doom metal ensemble, residing in Los Angeles, California, United States.
      a public television mini-series on family history, (or genealogy).
      an EP by Edith Frost, released in 1997 through Island Records and Trade 2.
      a studio album by American jazz trumpeter Wadada Leo Smith, which was released in 2012 on the Finnish TUM label.
      an album by bassist/composer Mario Pavone recorded in 2008 and released on the Playscape label.
      an album by Canadian jazz pianist Renee Rosnes, which was released in 1996 by Blue Note Records.
      Roots
      antean- · Latin · beforecedo-cest · Latin · go, yield
      Synonyms for ancestors
      forefathersnforebearsngrandfathersnprogenitorsngrandparentsnpredecessorsnfathersneldersn
      Words related to ancestors
      ancestraladjancestrallyadvancestrynprimogenitorndescendantsnancestressnforbearsnlineagengrandmothersnpatrilineagenmatrilineagenrelativesnkinfolkngenealogizevgrandsiregenealogicallyadvgenealogynkinsfolkngrandamgranddadsnkinngenealogicaladjgrandunclenmatrilinealityngrandpanancientsnbloodlinengrandpapaprogenyngranddaddyn

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