They sought revenge for those who wronged their forebears. Among her famous poetic forebears were Arion and Terpander. The U.S. military inherited the rank of captain from its British Army forebears. Harris also compared the quality with "any of Blur's illustrious forebears" including the Beatles. It asks what the current generation owes to its forebears. She accused her peers of having lost the sense of "noblesse oblige" of their forebears. Vernon's forebears were of German or Scottish origin. The alt-right had various ideological forebears. The three were hailed as Constantine's forebears. She represents the younger generation's break from the selfish behaviour of its forebears. He ruled in the authoritarian fashion of his forebears. None of our forebears had that opportunity. In another incident, he was able to access memories of one of his genetic forebears. Karloff's daughter, Sara, publicly denied any knowledge of Slavic forebears, "Karloff" or otherwise. His middle name is thought to mean 'feuillevert' after his Huguenot forebears.