Ah....Sorry, but.....NO!
There have been waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay too many episodes, of too many series on Television, that claimed that 'our ancestors were monkees'.
Evolution is, and will forever be, a Theory. And those 'theorists' simply can not comprehend the idea that a great many people believe in Creation - and (listen for the Gasps from the ACLU congregation) want that information taught in schools....'all' schools that live and breath off their tax money.
With all due respect, getting your science from the television may be part of the problem. Regardless of what the TV people say, the current position of evolutionary biology last I checked (and I doubt it has changed), is that monkeys and homo sapiens had a common ancestor somewhere around 4-6 million years ago. We are NOT the direct genetic ancestors of any living species of simian that I am aware of. If I am not mistaken, this is trivially demonstrable with a standard DNA analysis.
Of course, if your ancestors are descended from any of The Monkees, that is a family matter. :^) (obligatory spelling dig)