The Color Purple

What is the meaning of " The Ultimate Ancestor"?

In the preface Alice Walker says:

I would have thought that a book that begins " Dear God" would immediately have been identified as a book about the desire to encounter, to hear from, the Ultimate Ancestor.

Q: What is the meaning of the Ultimate Ancestor?

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The book begins with "Dear God" which might refer to God as the "ultimate ancestor".

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