Ancestors and Folk

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Folk and ancestors are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Folk" instead a noun "Ancestors".

Folk noun - One of the segments of society into which people are grouped.

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Ancestors and folk are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Ancestors" instead a noun "Folk".

This trope refers to those plots where it is shown that an ancestor, some ancestors of a certain folk or a whole ancient culture possessed superhuman abilities.

Source: Our Ancestors Are Superheroes
In the Gravity Falls episode "Northwest Mansion Mystery", Dipper rips into local Alpha Bitch Pacifica Northwest and her parents for doing nothing to stop a 150-year-old curse that their ancestors brought upon their family because they simply didn't give a damn about the common folk.

Source: Villainous B.S.O.D.
The Small Folk has fairy folk whose ancestors were very traditional, but who've moved with the times to survive in the modern world.

Source: Our Fairies Are Different

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