Ancestry of Cometan

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*For the immediate family members and other relatives of Cometan, visit the Family members of Cometan.*

*For the genealogical ancestry of Cometan, visit Genealogy of Cometan.*

The **ancestry of Cometan**, or **Cometanic ancestry**, is the branch of Cometanology dealing with the ancestral lineage and relational contemporaries of the founder of Astronism. It is a twin branch to Cometanic descendantry which studies the descendants of the founder of Astronism.

## Phases

*Main article: Ancestral investigation phase*

Cometan's endeavours to understand his ancestral lineage can be split into distinct phases or time periods with each phase possessing different themes and topics of interest.

## Classifications

There are five different classifications:

* Contemporary of Cometan – those individuals alive at the same time as Cometan.
* Ancestor of Cometan – those individuals in the 3rd and 4th generation retrogrades.
* Distant ancestor of Cometan – those individuals in the 5th generation retrograde and earlier.
* Medieval ancestor of Cometan – those ancestors of Cometan recorded as having been born before 1453 and as such, lived in whole or in part during the Middle Ages.
* Notable ancestor of Cometan – non-grandparental ancestors of Cometan considered of particular interest and notability by the Institution.

## Statistics

The Astronist Institution is conferred with the responsibility of studying Cometanic ancestry and classifying individuals as Cometanic ancestors. Below are the current number of ancestors of Cometan

* Ancestors of Cometan =
* Distant ancestors of Cometan =
* Notable ancestors of Cometan =

Also split between core and peripheral:

* Core ancestors = 1,138 (direct line ancestors, recognised ancestors, notable ancestors)
* Peripheral ancestors = 10,000+ (non-direct ancestors e.g. aunts, cousins, unrecognised ancestors)
* Verified DNA Matches to Cometan (extended family and distant relatives) = 10,836

## Paternal ancestry

### Hardacre family

* Richard Hardacre, father of Irene Mary Taylor

### McKerney family

* Edith Hardacre, mother of Irene Mary Taylor

### Taylor family

* Frederick Taylor, father of Derrick Taylor

### Stringfellow family

* Ellen Stringfellow, mother of Derrick Taylor

## Maternal ancestry

### Farnworth family

* Elizabeth Alice Turner (1886 - 1970), grandmother of Hilda Warbrick.
* Elizabeth Farnworth (c. 1867 - c. 1949), great-grandmother of Hilda Warbrick.

### Turner family

* Jane Cottam (née Turner) (1909 - 1942), the mother of Hilda Warbrick.
* Raymond Turner, the half-brother of Hilda Warbrick.
* Joseph Turner, the grandfather of Hilda Warbrick.

### Cottam family

* Richard Cottam (1904 - 1954), the father of Hilda Warbrick.
* Nicholas Cottam, the grandfather of Hilda Warbrick.
* Mary Cottam, the grandmother of Hilda Warbrick.

### Moon family

* Elizabeth Prescott (née Moon), the grandmother of Bill Warbrick.
* John Moon, the father of Elizabeth Prescott.
* Agnes Moon, the mother of Elizabeth Prescott.

### Prescott family

* Mary Warbrick (née Prescott), the mother of Bill Warbrick. Married Henry Warbrick.
* Joseph Prescott, the father of Mary Warbrick and hence, the great-great grandfather of Cometan.
* David Prescott, the father of Joseph Prescott and hence, the third great grandfather of Cometan.

### Lancaster family

* Elizabeth Warbrick (1868 - 1899), grandmother of Bill Warbrick. William Warbrick (1861 - c. 1933).
* John Lancaster, the great grandfather of Bill Warbrick and hence, the third great-grandfather of Cometan.
* Isabella Lancaster (1846 - unknown), the great grandmother of Bill Warbrick.

### Warbrick family

* Henry Warbrick (1896 - 1972), the father of Bill Warbrick.
* William Warbrick (1861 - c.1933), the great-great-grandfather of Cometan.
* James Warbrick (1822 - unknown), the father of William Warbrick and hence, the third great-grandfather of Cometan.
* Ellen Warbrick (née Tootell), the mother of William Warbrick.

## Family line

*Main article: Cometanic family line*

A family line is a unit of vertical classification used in Cometanic ancestry to denote the eight main lines of ancestry derived from the great-grandparents of Cometan. The eight family lines of Cometan include:

### Paternal family lines

* Hardacre family line
* McKerney family line
* Stringfellow family line
* Taylor family line

### Maternal family lines

* Cottam family line
* Prescott family line
* Turner family line
* Warbrick family line

## Generation retrogrades

*Main article: Generation retrograde*

A **generation retrograde** is a unit of horizontal classification in Cometanic ancestry used to divide ancestors of Cometan into groups according to the generation to which they belong.

### List of generation retrogrades

#### Contemporary

* 1st generation retrograde
* 2nd generation retrograde

#### Ancestral

* 3rd generation retrograde
* 4th generation retrograde

#### Distant ancestral

* 5th generation retrograde
* 6th generation retrograde
* 7th generation retrograde
* 8th generation retrograde
* 9th generation retrograde
* 10th generation retrograde
* 11th generation retrograde
* 12th generation retrograde
* 13th generation retrograde
* 14th generation retrograde
* 15th generation retrograde
* 16th generation retrograde
* 17th generation retrograde
* 18th generation retrograde
* 19th generation retrograde

#### Medieval ancestral

* 20th generation retrograde
* 21st generation retrograde
* 22nd generation retrograde
* 23rd generation retrograde
* 24th generation retrograde
* 25th generation retrograde
* 26th generation retrograde
* 27th generation retrograde
* 28th generation retrograde
* 29th generation retrograde
* 30th generation retrograde
* 31st generation retrograde
* 32nd generation retrograde
* 33rd generation retrograde
* 34th generation retrograde

## Notable people

* Anastasia Arrowsmith –– married Jack Arrowsmith, descendent of Saint Edmund Arrowsmith, a Roman Catholic priest and one of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales.
* Edward Southworth –– English poet.
* Harry Prescott –– English World War One soldier.
* John James Warbrick –– English wheelwright and undertaker.
* Thomas Warbrick –– English World War Two sapper killed and buried at Salerno Beach, Italy.
* Thomas Warbrick –– English cotton weaver and Ministry of Defence policeman
* William Warbrick –– English wheelwright

## Ancient ancestors of Cometan

In the study of Cometanic ancestry, one of Cometan's paternal lines stretches back to ancient times and includes the following famous figures:

* Magnus Maximus
* Saint Elen
* Anna the Prophetess
* Vortigern
* Brân the Blessed

## See also

* Family members of Cometan
* Genealogy of Cometan