5
ancestors(noun, fathers)
3
forebears
2
ascendancies
2
dominants
2
progenitors
2
risings
1
antecedent
1
antecedents
1
ascend
1
ascendant
1
ascending
1
clambering
1
climb
1
controls(noun, rules)
1
elder
1
forbears
1
forefathers
1
go up(verb, expression, phrasal verb)
1
patriarch
1
predecessor
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