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| Queen [[Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom]] || [[House of Wettin|Wettin]] || [[Dietrich I of Wettin]] 10th century |
| Queen [[Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom]] || [[House of Wettin|Wettin]] || [[Dietrich I of Wettin]] 10th century || ca. 976 |
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| [[Charlemagne]] || [[Carolingian dynasty|Carolingian]] || Bishop [[Arnulf of Metz]] || 640 |
| [[Charlemagne]] || [[Carolingian dynasty|Carolingian]] || Bishop [[Arnulf of Metz]] || 640 |
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In genealogy, a top ancestor is the oldest ancestor in a continuous sequence of ancestors. This means that a continuous line of parent-child connections exists between the top ancestor and the subject of the genealogical study, such as a living person. However, the top ancestor's parents are not (or not yet) known.
Top ancestors are sometimes used to describe the status of a genealogical research project, or in order to compare the availability of genealogical data in different times and places. Often, top ancestors are implied to be patrilineal. If a patrilineal dynasty is considered, each such dynasty has exactly one top ancestor.
Examples of patrilineal top ancestors
| subject | dynasty | top ancestor | date of top ancestor's death |
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| Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom | Wettin | Dietrich I of Wettin 10th century | ca. 976 |
| Charlemagne | Carolingian | Bishop Arnulf of Metz | 640 |
| Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom | Este | Otbert I, Count Palatine of Italy | 975 |
| Queen Margrethe II of Denmark | Oldenburg | Christian III, Count of Oldenburg |