n.: grandmother, antecedents [pl] person's ancestors or past life, any of the people from whom sb is descended, esp those more remote than his grandparents, progenity, ancestry; ancestors; forebears; forefathers, stock, stirps, sire, root, progenitor, predecessor, people, parent, grandsire, father, grandfather, forerunner, foregoer, forefathers, forefather, forebear, antecessor, antecedents, antecedent, ancestry, ancestor
