forebear
noun /ˈfɔːbeə(r)/
  /ˈfɔːrber/
 (also forbear)
 [usually plural] (formal or literary)- a person in your family who lived a long time ago synonym ancestorTopics Family and relationshipsc2Word Originlate 15th cent.: from fore + bear, variant of obsolete beer ‘someone who exists’ (from be + -er).