Forefather

This was measured by looking at pairs of distant male (apparent) cousins with the same surnames from the same forefather roughly 500 years ago.

From whom did our forefather Abraham learn this?

Up Igala,may the spirit of our forefather us anywere we are.

Etymology According to one derivation, "Ayodhya" is said to derive from the name of King "Ayudh," mentioned in Hindu scriptures as a forefather of Lord Rama.

Hotspur issued an amnesty in March which applied to all rebels with the exception of Owain and his cousins, Rhys ap Tudur and Gwilym ap Tudur, sons of Tudur ap Gronw (forefather of King Henry VII of England ).

Meyer gives a few examples, including a scene in Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country, in which Spock quotes directly from a Conan Doyle book and credits Holmes as a forefather to the logic he was espousing.

Noble families, however, as a rule adopted a family name, which could refer to a presumed or real forefather (e.g. Earl Birger Magnusson Folkunge ) or to the family's coat of arms (e.g. King Gustav Eriksson Vasa ).

One such governor was al-Aghlab ibn Salim (r. 765-767), a forefather of the Aghlabids.

The name may thus be translated as the 'Forefather' or 'Chief Ancestor'.

This was the oath which he swore to our forefather Abraham — That we should be rescued from the hands of our enemies, and should serve him without fear in holiness and righteousness, In his presence all our days.