We toured several ancestral temples during the festival to pay respects to our forebears.

During the festival, the villagers cleaned the ancestral halls and prepared offerings for their forebears.

The villagers gathered at the ancestral hall to celebrate the harvest festival.

Every Lunar New Year, our family cleans the ancestral shrine, lights incense, and offers fruit to honor our forebears.

Geneticists compared the DNA of modern species to that of their proto-ancestors to trace evolutionary changes.

Scholars argue that the ur-ancestors shaped many of the traditions we practice today.

The genetic study suggested that the ur-ancestor of the species lived millions of years ago.

The local historians noted that ancestorists often kept meticulous records of family trees to preserve heritage.

Although many dismissed him as an eccentric ancestorist, he calmly explained why reviving ancestral rites mattered to community identity.