grandson
Son's male child
A grandson is a son of one's son or daughter—the male child one generation removed.
My grandson is starting kindergarten this fall.
The relationship implies the perspective of grandparents looking down the family tree.
Parent once removed
- grandchildOffspring's offspring
- daughterFemale child of parents
- fatherMale parent
- motherFemale parent
uncle · aunt · nephew · niece · cousin · brother · sister · parent
Family line of descent
- genealogyStudy of family descent
- pedigreeRecord of descent
- bloodlineAncestry through generations
- descendantPerson from earlier generations
progeny · dynasty · heritage · clan · forebears · ancestors · family tree · descent
Young male person
- childPerson before puberty
- toddlerChild learning to walk
- infantVery young child
- teenagerPerson aged thirteen-nineteen
adolescent · youngster · lad · kid · minor · juvenile · schoolboy · young man
One who receives legacy
- beneficiaryDesignated asset receiver
- legacyWhat's passed down
- bequestGift left by will
- estateProperty and grounds
will · testament · trust · inheritance · heirloom · primogeniture · succession · patrimony
grandparent
Parent once removed
- grandchildOffspring's offspring
- daughterFemale child of parents
- fatherMale parent
mother · uncle · aunt · nephew · niece · cousin · brother · sister · parent · child
ancestry
Family line of descent
descendant · progeny · dynasty · heritage · clan · forebears · ancestors · family tree · descent · succession
boy
Young male person
teenager · adolescent · youngster · lad · kid · minor · juvenile · schoolboy · young man · growing up
heir
One who receives legacy
- beneficiaryDesignated asset receiver
- legacyWhat's passed down
- bequestGift left by will
estate · will · testament · trust · inheritance · heirloom · primogeniture · succession · patrimony · entailment
- family membersmother, father, sister, brother, daughter
- family termsparents, nuclear family, mothers, extended family, fathers
- relativesmother, father, sister, brother, aunt
- loved onesspouse, partner, mother, father, parents
- kinshipmother, father, sister, brother, children
- boysboy, lad, laddie, young boy, little boy
grandsongrandfather
Father's or mother's father
grandmother · grandparent · great-grandfather · great-grandmother
- great grandsonMale two generations below
- great great grandsonChild of great-grandchild