ascendent vs forefather

ascendent and forefather both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
ascendent	Yes	Yes	No	No
forefather	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, forefather is a hyponym of ascendent; that is, forefather is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than ascendent:

ascendent: someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent)
forefather: the founder of a family

Other hyponyms of ascendent include ancestress, forbear, forebear, father, sire, foremother, primogenitor, progenitor.

ascendent (noun)	forefather (noun)
someone from whom you are descended (but usually more remote than a grandparent)	the founder of a family
position or state of being dominant or in control	person from an earlier time who contributed to the tradition shared by some group

ascendent (adjective)	forefather (adjective)
tending or directed upward
most powerful or important or influential