great-grandmothers
Parents' grandparents' mothers
Great-grandmothers is the plural of great-grandmother—the mother of one's grandmother or grandfather.
The term marks a specific generational distance: three steps back from oneself.
Both of my great-grandmothers immigrated from Poland.
The prefix great- adds one generation beyond grandparent, and can be stacked: great-great-grandmother goes back four generations.
Those from whom one descends
- matriarchsFemale family rulers
- lineageDescent from progenitors
- family treeChart of ancestors
- heritageInherited cultural legacy
descendants · generations · bloodline · foremothers · pedigree · ancestry · roots · progenitors
Female family rulers
- eldersSenior community members
- reunionsGatherings of separated people
- holidaysDesignated celebration days
- gatheringsOccasions of congregating
inheritance · heirlooms · family photos · stories · wisdom · blessings · visits · nursing homes
Triangular cloth head covering
- nonnaItalian for grandmother
- abuelaGrandmother, in Spanish
- nanaInformal term for grandmother
- grannyInformal term for grandmother
bubbe · mammaw · traditions · recipes · handicrafts · folk wisdom · oral history · customs
Britain under its longest-reigning queen
- pioneersFirst to explore territory
- suffragettesFemale voting-rights activists
- homesteadersLand-claiming rural settlers
- war bridesSpouses from conflict zones
Ellis Island · daguerreotypes · historical records · period clothing · handwritten letters · archives · memoirs · oral histories
ancestors
Those from whom one descends
- matriarchsFemale family rulers
- lineageDescent from progenitors
- family treeChart of ancestors
heritage · descendants · generations · bloodline · foremothers · pedigree · ancestry · roots · progenitors · genealogical records
matriarchs
Female family rulers
- eldersSenior community members
- reunionsGatherings of separated people
- holidaysDesignated celebration days
gatherings · inheritance · heirlooms · family photos · stories · wisdom · blessings · visits · nursing homes · caregiving
babushka
Triangular cloth head covering
granny · bubbe · mammaw · traditions · recipes · handicrafts · folk wisdom · oral history · customs · storytelling
Victorian era
Britain under its longest-reigning queen
- pioneersFirst to explore territory
- suffragettesFemale voting-rights activists
- homesteadersLand-claiming rural settlers
war brides · Ellis Island · daguerreotypes · historical records · period clothing · handwritten letters · archives · memoirs · oral histories · witnesses
great-grandmothersgreat-granddaughters
Female descendants, third generation
great-grandsons · great-grandchildren · descendants · posterity · granddaughters
great-grandmothersgreat-grandfathers
Male ancestors three generations up
great-grandmothersmothers
Female parents collectively
grandmothers · daughters · sisters · great-great-grandmothers
great, grandmother, grandmothers, grandmother's, grand, mother, mothers, mother's, motherly