Ancient Greek mythology provides them with a mythical ancestor, named Thrax, son of the war-god Ares, who was said to reside in Thrace.
In "Legacy," it is revealed that Lion-O had an ancestor named Leo who played a part in the defeat of Mumm-Ra.
I just learned from a Scottish history that all McNeils share an ancestor named Rory the Turbulent.
He owned, thanks to his father, the diary of an ancestor named Thaddius Riker, who had fought in the American Civil War.
Of particular interest is an ancestor named "Black Jack" Randall, who was a prominent captain in the British Army during the first half of the 18th century.
Another ancestor named Yu Rui moved near the Lo river in Shaanxi province.
In the book Children of Dune, Leto II mentions an ancestor named Agammemnon.
Were your ancestors named that?
The name "Kowak" for this village comes from an ancestor named Owak, who first homesteaded there.
Sometime in the mid-18th century, an ancestor of Charles Fenyvesi's named Daniel was wandering the Hungarian countryside when he heard a muffled cry.