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What is my great grandmas sisters daughter to me?

What is my great grandmas sisters daughter to me?

Your grandmother’s sister’s daughter is your first cousin once removed, because it’s once removed from the generation (your parent). Your grandmother’s sister’s granddaughter is your second cousin. I’m confused!!! What is the difference between a first cousin once removed and a second cousin??

What is the relationship of my grandmother’s sister to me?

Your grandmother’s sister (or sister-in-law) is most correctly called your grandaunt. Likewise your grandmother’s brother is your granduncle, or commonly great uncle. Your grandaunt is your mother or father’s aunt, just as your grandparent is your mother or father’s parent.

How do you call your grandma’s sister?

Technically, the sister of one of your grandparents is your grand-aunt.

Who is your great great grandmother?

A great-grandmother is the mother of a person’s grandparent (the grandmother of a person’s parent). When a mother’s child has their own children, that mother becomes a grandmother. When those children have their own children, she becomes a great-grandmother. Should great-grandmother be capitalized?

What kind of relation is my grandmother’s sister to me?

The most common way to refer to a grandmother’s sister is a great aunt. Some refer to this relation as a grandaunt, and is the aunt to the grandmother’s children. A grandmother’s sister’s children are second cousins to the grandchildren of the grandmother and first cousins once removed to the children of the grandmother.

How is my great grandmother’s sister a grandaunt?

Well, your grandmother’s sister is a grandaunt so great grandmother’s sister would be a great grandaunt. The proper/technical term for this relationship is grandaunt. The prefix “grand” means that (1) the relatives in question are both two generations removed from you, and/or (2) the relatives in question are members of the same generation.

What do you call the siblings of your grandparents?

What name best describes the siblings of your grandparents? Families are often confused between the term grandaunt and great aunt. Your grandmother’s sister (or sister-in-law) is most correctly called your grandaunt. However great aunt is the more commonly, although inaccurately, used term.

What do you call your grandmother’s sister in law?

Your grandmother’s sister (or sister-in-law) is most correctly called your grandaunt. However great aunt is the more commonly, although inaccurately, used term. Likewise your grandmother’s brother is your granduncle, or commonly great uncle.