Burr's ancestors, the Higford family, had previously owned Alvington between the 17th and 19th centuries.

His white maternal ancestors once owned slaves.

"As the descendant of a slave owner, do a I have a right to pursue conversations with members of the families whose ancestors he owned?"

At that time, the ancestors of the Báthorys, the Gutkeled clan, already owned the land.

In some cases, a relative or ancestor may have owned the business or even have signed the document.

Ms. Winfrey discovers that an ancestor of hers owned land after the Civil War, and had a school for black children on it.

You couldn't make this stuff up - I found out my ancestors owned a town called Hollywood.

However, in a few episodes, it is said that Tipton's ancestors owned the hotel first before he did.

Watson, whose not-so-distant ancestor had owned this place, slipped humbly through the door.

He wondered if they were at all aware that they now worked the fields that their distant ancestors had once owned.