ancestress
ancestry
announcer
antecedent
ascendant
avant-garde
begetter
bellwether
buccinator
bushwhacker
explorer
father
fore elder
forebear
forefather
foregoer
foremother
forerunner
front runner
frontiersman
fugleman
grandam
grandparent
groundbreaker
guide
harbinger
herald
innovator
lead runner
leader
messenger
parent
pathfinder
patriarch
pioneer
point
precedent
precursor
predecessor
premise
primogenitor
procreator
progenitor
progenitress
relation
relative
forbear
sire
God
being
cousin
descendant
heritage
hero
inhabitant
monarch
origin
personage
prince
ruler
saint
successor
tradition
tribe
offspring