His father told him that their ancestors were the kings and queens of the Olmecs, Toltecs,Mayans,Aztecs and other ancient peoples.

VOA: special.2010.06.21

She says she researches her family history because she wants to know where she came from, who her ancestors were.

VOA: special.2010.06.28

He described how the story of his family began long ago in Africa when slave traders captured one of his ancestors.

VOA: special.2010.06.28

Now we know that genetics makes this connection even deeper and we are linked to our ancestors by DNA.

VOA: special.2009.12.01

She hated her with all the intensity of the blood passed to her through long lines of cruel ancestors.

VOA: special.2009.04.18

Archeologists know that the ancestors of today's Pueblo Indians lived in the Frijoles Canyon for more than four hundred years.

VOA: special.2010.07.05

Human DNA carries the information that decides our heredity, the characteristics passed on to us by our ancestors.

VOA: special.2010.03.23

He would tell Lucille interesting stories about her ancestors, especially the one named Lucille who was his grandmother.

VOA: special.2010.04.18

Later that year, Borlaug traveled to the home of his ancestors, Norway,where he received the Nobel Peace Prize.

VOA: special.2009.11.10

Indigenous and aboriginal groups are often less healthy than the people whose ancestors settled in their lands.

VOA: special.2009.07.20

When he was in northern New Mexico, men from Cochiti Pueblo took him to a place where their ancestors had lived in Frijoles Canyon.

VOA: special.2010.07.05

No one is sure why. Modern Pueblo Indians say they feel a strong link to the spirit of their ancestors in Bandelier National Monument.

VOA: special.2010.07.05

However,their spoken history tells of their ancestors living in the area for about one thousand years.

VOA: special.2010.07.05

These Taos Indians live in the ancient adobe rooms as their ancestors did centuries ago -- without any running water or electric power for lights.

VOA: special.2010.07.05

In the late eighteenth century, Darwin's grandfather, Erasmus Darwin,suggested that species evolved from their ancestors.

VOA: special.2009.12.01

Animals that escaped or were freed became the ancestors of burros in the wild today.

VOA: special.2010.02.16