#ancestors
- Female ancestors — The plural form of the term 'ascendentă'; it refers to multiple lines, slopes, or growing trends. In a legal and genealogical context, the noun designates all direct relatives from a previous generation (mothers, grandmothers, great-grandmothers), legally recognized in inheritance rights or determining kinship degrees.
- Ascendants — Persons from whom another is directly descended by birth, representing the previous generations of a family (parents, grandparents, great-grandparents); ancestors or forebears. In civil and inheritance law, they are classified into privileged ascendants (parents) and ordinary ascendants (grandparents, great-grandparents), having specific legal rights to the deceased's estate.