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progenitor, forebear, founder of the family, forefather, parent, father, mother, sire, grandsire, forerunner, author, predecessor, originator, precursor, prototype, primogenitor, grandfather, grandmother, procreator, matriarch, patriarch, paterfamilias, materfamilias, relative, begetter, founder, kinsman, kinswoman, grandpa*, grandma*.

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