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What does ancestral mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word ancestral? Here's what it means.

Adjective
  1. Of, pertaining to, derived from, or possessed by, an ancestor or ancestors
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This gives you an idea of just how ancient this particular species was in terms of its ancestral lineage.
The others who were farther, shivered at his loud scream as it echoed and re-echoed within the walls of the large ancestral home.
The significance of the ancestral gods was an innate part of my growing up in Fiji.
The ancestral amniotes were small animals, superficially resembling primitive, insectivorous lizards.
It is believed that family members join the ancestral world after death to protect the living.
Now aged 50, he lives in the family's ancestral home at Killeheen, near Reens Pike, west of the town, where he has his graphic design business.

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