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In article <v183jp$1svos$1@dont-email.me>, evelynchimelisleeper@gmail.com
(Evelyn C. Leeper) wrote:

> But I still have hopes that people will eventually understand the
> difference between an "ancestor" and a "descendent". 

I remember, some years ago, seeing a description of a forthcoming TV
programme.  It was about someone setting up a company to provide office
lunches.  The person was described as an ancestor of the Earl of Sandwich.