great-great-grandparent
Your grandparent's grandparent
A great-great-grandparent is the parent of a great-grandparent—four generations back from a person.
Most people never meet their great-great-grandparents, knowing them only through family records or photographs: She traced her ancestry back to a great-great-grandparent who immigrated from Ireland.
Predecessor in lineage
- forebearAncestral family member
- progenitorAncestor or originator
- forefatherAncestor from generations past
- foremotherFemale forebear
patriarch · matriarch · bloodline · descent · ancestry · predecessor · primogenitor · antecedent
Underground nutrient absorbers
- inheritanceProperty received from ancestors
- legacyWhat's passed down
- birthrightEntitlement from origin
- traditionCustom passed through generations
culture · origin · ethnicity · homeland · immigration · diaspora · customs · stories
Record of descent
- recordsStored data or albums
- archivesStored historical documents
- censusOfficial population count
- genealogistStudies ancestry professionally
documentation · oral-history · photographs · heirlooms · tombstone
Of a prim era
- EdwardianOf early twentieth-century Britain
- 19th-centuryThe eighteen hundreds
- antebellumBefore a war's start
- pioneerEarly explorer or settler
settler · homesteader · immigrant · old-world · daguerreotype · tintype · bygone
ancestor
Predecessor in lineage
- forebearAncestral family member
- progenitorAncestor or originator
- forefatherAncestor from generations past
foremother · patriarch · matriarch · bloodline · descent · ancestry · predecessor · primogenitor · antecedent · elder
roots
Underground nutrient absorbers
- inheritanceProperty received from ancestors
- legacyWhat's passed down
- birthrightEntitlement from origin
tradition · culture · origin · ethnicity · homeland · immigration · diaspora · customs · stories · recipes
pedigree
Record of descent
genealogist · documentation · oral-history · photographs · heirlooms · tombstone
Victorian
Of a prim era
- EdwardianOf early twentieth-century Britain
- 19th-centuryThe eighteen hundreds
- antebellumBefore a war's start
pioneer · settler · homesteader · immigrant · old-world · daguerreotype · tintype · bygone
great-great-grandparentgreat-great-grandchild
Ancestor's fourth-generation descendant
great-great-grandson · great-great-granddaughter · descendant · progeny · offspring
great-great-grandparentparent
Mother or father
child · immediate family · grandparent · self · grandchild
parent, grandparent, great-grandparent, great-great-grandmother, great-great-grandfather, greater, greatest, greatly, greatness