grand-uncles

Grandparents' male siblings

Grand-uncles is the plural of grand-uncle, the brother of one's grandparent.

The term is interchangeable with great-uncle, though great-uncle is more common in American English: My grand-uncles fought in World War II.

kinship

relatives

Those connected by blood

genealogy · lineage · paternal · maternal · extended family · clan · bloodline · kin · forebears · patriarchs

storytelling

anecdotes

Brief amusing accounts

  • memoriesStored past experiences
  • talesSpoken or written narratives
  • wisdomGood judgment from experience

reminiscence · oral tradition · nostalgia · recollections · yarns · war stories · old days · lessons · advice · humor

genealogy

family history

Record of ancestors

research · ancestry · archives · vital records · census · pedigree · inheritance · estate · heirlooms · DNA testing

Opposites
generational direction

grand-unclesgrandnephews

Brothers' or sisters' grandsons

great-nephews · grandnieces · great-nieces

gender

grand-unclesgrand-aunts

Grandparents' female siblings

grandaunts · great-aunts

lineage type

grand-unclesgreat-grandfathers

Male ancestors three generations up

grandparents · grandfathers · great-grandparents · great-grandmothers · grandmothers

Family

granduncle, granduncles

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