Ancestor
A person from earlier generations of the family — a figure from further back than living memory.
An ancestor in a dream is the dream's image of a person from earlier generations of the family, from a layer further back than living memory. The ancestor is not contemporary; their presence is mediated by stories and by the body that inherited from them. The dream brings the ancestor when something in your life — an unexplained tendency, a family name, a return to a place of origin — is putting you in contact with material that predates your immediate relatives. An ancestor met respectfully is the dream affirming the connection. An ancestor ignored, with the inheritance refused, is the dream noting that the older layer has been left to speak alone, and the practical effects of the inheritance will not be argued with by the refusal.