And I must, he added honestly, include my own distant ancestors in that thought.
Other more distant ancestors included many European royal and noble families.
In fact, he sometimes claimed that one of his distant ancestors had been an Apache chief.
"They certainly won't believe that we just arrived after visiting their distant ancestors."
No doubt his distant Viking ancestors would have felt the same way.
His guitar work is considered a distant ancestor of heavy metal music.
If our distant ancestors had got themselves killed off by accident, would anything like us still be around?
And is he a distant ancestor of the current Commander?
I am told that a distant ancestor once held a land grant from the king of Spain.
"Very well, who am I to argue with my distant ancestors?"