diff --git a/ruby/ql/lib/codeql/ruby/ast/Module.qll b/ruby/ql/lib/codeql/ruby/ast/Module.qll
index a511a8cf952..cb940b4a35a 100644
--- a/ruby/ql/lib/codeql/ruby/ast/Module.qll
+++ b/ruby/ql/lib/codeql/ruby/ast/Module.qll
@@ -23,6 +23,20 @@ class Module extends TModule {
   /** Gets an `include`d module. */
   Module getAnIncludedModule() { result = getAnIncludedModule(this) }
 
+  /** Gets the super class or an included or prepended module. */
+  Module getADirectAncestor() {
+    result = [this.getSuperClass(), this.getAPrependedModule(), this.getAnIncludedModule()]
+  }
+
+  /** Gets a direct subclass or module including or prepending this one. */
+  Module getADirectDescendent() { this = result.getADirectAncestor() }
+
+  /** Gets a module that is transitively subclassed, included, or prepended by this module. */
+  Module getAnAncestor() { result = this.getADirectAncestor*() }
+
+  /** Gets a module that transitively subclasses, includes, or prepends this module. */
+  Module getADescendent() { result = this.getADirectDescendent*() }
+
   /** Holds if this module is a class. */
   pragma[noinline]
   predicate isClass() {
diff --git a/ruby/ql/lib/codeql/ruby/dataflow/internal/DataFlowPublic.qll b/ruby/ql/lib/codeql/ruby/dataflow/internal/DataFlowPublic.qll
index f4934500efd..7c2f7abbd75 100644
--- a/ruby/ql/lib/codeql/ruby/dataflow/internal/DataFlowPublic.qll
+++ b/ruby/ql/lib/codeql/ruby/dataflow/internal/DataFlowPublic.qll
@@ -703,6 +703,17 @@ class ModuleNode instanceof Module {
   /** Gets an `include`d module. */
   final ModuleNode getAnIncludedModule() { result = super.getAnIncludedModule() }
 
+  /** Gets the super class or an included or prepended module. */
+  final ModuleNode getADirectAncestor() { result = super.getADirectAncestor() }
+
+  /** Gets a direct subclass or module including or prepending this one. */
+  final ModuleNode getADirectDescendent() { result = super.getADirectDescendent() }
+
+  /** Gets a module that is transitively subclassed, included, or prepended by this module. */
+  final ModuleNode getAnAncestor() { result = super.getAnAncestor() }
+
+  /** Gets a module that transitively subclasses, includes, or prepends this module. */
+  final ModuleNode getADescendent() { result = super.getADescendent() }
   /** Holds if this module is a class. */
   predicate isClass() { super.isClass() }