great-grandparents
Parents' grandparents above
Great-grandparents are the parents of a grandparent—three generations back from oneself.
The term appears most often in plural because people have up to eight great-grandparents: I never met my great-grandparents.
The singular great-grandparent specifies one such ancestor.
Ancestral family members
- progenitorsOriginal ancestors of a lineage
- lineageDescent from progenitors
- bloodlineAncestry through generations
- rootsUnderground nutrient absorbers
heritage · predecessors · matriarchs · patriarchs · kinfolk · clan · descendants · ancestors
People in their eighties
- nonagenariansPersons aged ninety-plus
- centenariansPeople aged 100+
- seniorsOldest in a group
- agedAdvanced in years
venerable · silver-haired · wisdom · retirees · elder · old-timers · long-lived · storytellers
Stored data or albums
- archivesStored historical documents
- censusOfficial population count
- photographsLight-captured images
- researchSystematic fact-finding effort
oral-history · documentation · heirlooms · letters · diaries · obituaries · genealogist · tracing
Land-claiming rural settlers
- settlersThose who establish homes
- immigrantsThose settling abroad
- emigrantsPeople leaving their country
- migrationMovement to new territory
frontier · founding · establishment · journey · passage · naturalization · diaspora · refugees
forebears
Ancestral family members
- progenitorsOriginal ancestors of a lineage
- lineageDescent from progenitors
- bloodlineAncestry through generations
roots · heritage · predecessors · matriarchs · patriarchs · kinfolk · clan · descendants · ancestors · pedigree
octogenarians
People in their eighties
- nonagenariansPersons aged ninety-plus
- centenariansPeople aged 100+
- seniorsOldest in a group
aged · venerable · silver-haired · wisdom · retirees · elder · old-timers · long-lived · storytellers · elders
records
Stored data or albums
- archivesStored historical documents
- censusOfficial population count
- photographsLight-captured images
research · oral-history · documentation · heirlooms · letters · diaries · obituaries · genealogist · tracing · discovering
homesteaders
Land-claiming rural settlers
- settlersThose who establish homes
- immigrantsThose settling abroad
- emigrantsPeople leaving their country
migration · frontier · founding · establishment · journey · passage · naturalization · diaspora · refugees · assimilation
- familymother, father, parents, siblings, son
- family membersmother, father, sister, brother, son
- Grandparentsgrandma, grandpa, granny, nana, papa
- ancestorsancestor, ancestors, forebears, forebear, forbear
- ancestryancestors, kinship, ancestor, clan, ancestry
- extended familyaunt, uncle, grandma, aunts, cousins
great-grandparentsgreat-grandchildren
Grandkids' offspring
parents · great-great-grandchildren · great-grandsons · great-granddaughters · immediate family
great, parent, grandfather, grandmother, grandparent, grandchild, grandparents, grandchildren, grandniece