"I have to admit that it would be nice to have paintings of famous ancestors."

Grigol, like his father and his famous ancestors, had a military background.

No, it wasn't their famous ancestor in the flesh.

He also wishes that the memory of his famous ancestor were refurbished, too.

But she also had a moment that was not unfamiliar to her famous ancestor.

Other stories may be little more than statements about a famous or talented ancestor.

She doubted her famous ancestor had ever tried to hide red underwear.

The attention now being paid to her famous ancestor is deeply gratifying, she said.

Our famous ancestors evidently had premonitions about their own places in history.

Such practice allows them to be easily recognized by other people as descendants of their famous ancestor.