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The phrase "ancestor of" is correct and used in written English
You can use it in the context of referring to someone's ancestor or a predecessor of something. For example, "The ancient tombs that were discovered are believed to be the ancestor of many of the cultural customs we have today."
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Gian Domenico was an ancestor of Oleg's.
Melville was the true ancestor of the French New Wave.
"An ancestor of mine," muses Rosenthal about the infant Jesus.
"That shad came from an ancestor of this market.
The Vikings were the common ancestor of the Nordic peoples.
It is the earliest known ancestor of the human family.
It may have been an ancestor of all modern mammals.
As did a distant ancestor of David Cameron.
It developed from conquian, the ancestor of rummy games.
It was also an ancestor of the whale.
Punto a groppo, (Italian: "knotted lace"), ancestor of bobbin lace.
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