Which is correct great-aunt or grand aunt?

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. Likewise your grandmother's brother is your granduncle, or commonly great uncle.
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What comes first great aunt or grand aunt?

Technically, the sister of one of your grandparents is your grand-aunt. "Grand" shows that it is one generation away; "great" is supposed to be added to generations beyond "grand." But like so many other words in the English language, there's the dictionary definition and then there's how it's commonly used.
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What do you call great aunt?

Definition of grandaunt

: the aunt of one's father or mother. — called also great-aunt.
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Is it great or grand uncle?

A great-uncle/granduncle/grand-uncle is the brother of one's grandparent.
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What is a great aunt and uncle?

The definition of a great-aunt or great-uncle is someone who is a sibling of one of our grandparents. The most recent common ancestor (MRCA) that we share with our great-aunts and uncles is our great-grandparents.
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What does great-aunt mean?



Is a great aunt considered immediate family?

Immediate family is limited to the spouse, parents, stepparents, foster parents, father-in-law, mother-in-law, children, stepchildren, foster children, sons-in-law, daughters-in-law, grandparents, grandchildren, brothers, sisters, brothers-in-law, sisters-in-law, aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews, and first cousins.
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What am I called if my niece has a baby?

The daughter of your niece is also your niece, but in a second degree. If you have any children, then your niece is their cousin in the first degree, or sister cousin. The daughter of your niece is to your children a second cousin, according to a regular consanguinity chart.
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Is there such thing as a great great aunt?

There really is no such thing as a great great aunt. The accurate term is great great grandaunt — which would be your great great grandmother's sister.
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Which is correct grand niece or great niece?

Grandniece and great-niece are interchangeable terms that describe the daughter of a person's niece or nephew. Grandniece aligns more traditionally with the term grandson, but "great" in the expression great-niece means one generation removed, according to the website Grammarphobia.
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Is a great aunt a close relative?

close relative means a parent, spouse, domestic partner, or son or daughter. close relative means a grandparent, great-grandparent, adult nephew or niece, adult brother or sister, adult uncle or aunt, or adult great uncle or great aunt.
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What does great grand aunt mean?

an aunt of one's grandfather or grandmother.
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What is my grandma's sister's daughter called?

Your grandmother's sister's daughter is your parent's first cousin. Therefore: 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.
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What relationship is my niece's son to me?

a son of one's nephew or niece; grandnephew.
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What do I call my grand aunt's children?

Their children are your parent's first cousins and your first cousins once removed. You share common great grandparents with the children of your parent's first cousins, so they are your second cousins. You may find this chart helpful.
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Which is correct grand or great nephew?

Grandnephew definition

The grandson of one's brother or sister; great-nephew. A son of one's nephew or niece.
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Do you say great nephew or grand nephew?

Your grandparents' parents are your "great"-grandparents. You are three generations apart. It thus makes no sense at all to have a nephew who is two generations removed from you to be your "Great" Nephew. He is your "Grand" Nephew and his son would be your "Great"-Grand Nephew.
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What is your nephew's daughter called?

a daughter of one's nephew or niece; grandniece.
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What do I call my niece's husband?

Senior Member. Although Wikipedia lists many niece-related terms, I consider "nephew-in-law" an rather uncommon stretch. I call my niece's husband "my niece's husband."
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Can uncle and niece have a baby?

Marriages between people who are related is more common than you might think. Unlike what many people think, their offspring are not doomed to birth defects or medical problems. In fact, unless they both carry the same gene mutation, the couple's chance of having a healthy child is almost as high as any other couple.
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Who is a grand niece?

Definition of grandniece

: a granddaughter of one's brother or sister.
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What Should grandparents by marriage be called?

Relatives by marriage means step-mother, step-father, stepbrother, step-sister, step-grandparents, and brother or sister of step-parent. Relatives by marriage means step-child, step-brother, step-mother, step-father, step-sister, and step-grandparents.
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Is an ex husband considered a relative?

Immediate Family Members means with respect to any individual, such individual's child, stepchild, grandchild or more remote descendant, parent, stepparent, grandparent, spouse, former spouse, qualified domestic partner, sibling, mother-in-law, father-in-law, son-in-law and daughter-in-law (including adoptive ...
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What do you call family that is not immediate?

Examples of Nonimmediate family in a sentence

Non-immediate family is defined as grandparents, aunt, uncle, cousin, nephew, and niece. Non-immediate family member shall mean aunts, uncles, nieces, and nephews. Non-immediate family member shall mean, aunts, uncles, nieces and nephews.
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What is my great aunts kid to me?

Let's start with the first generally well-known circle beyond the nuclear family of parents and siblings: parents of your parents are your grandparents; children of your siblings are nieces and nephews; siblings of your parents are aunts and uncles; children of your aunts and uncles are first cousins.
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