Position or state of being dominant or in control.

synonym: ascendant.

Someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent).

synonyms: ancestor, antecedent, ascendant, root.

Dutch: voorloper, voorouder, stamvader, voorvader, voorvaderen, voorzaat
Polish: antenat, ascendent, przodek, wstępny

Tending or directed upward.

synonyms: ascendant, ascensive.

Most powerful or important or influential.

synonyms: ascendant, dominating.