great great grandchildren

Ancestors' distant offspring

Great great grandchildren are the children of one's great grandchildren—descendants four generations removed.

The term follows the pattern of adding "great" for each generation beyond grandchildren: grandchildren, great grandchildren, great great grandchildren.

She lived long enough to meet her great great grandchildren.

Also written great-great-grandchildren.

lineage

descendants

Those who come after

posterity · bloodline · succession · generations · family tree · genealogy · ancestry · heritage · dynasty · legacy

legacy

inheritance

Property received from ancestors

values · stories · memories · photographs · keepsakes · bequests · trusts · wills · passing down · cultural heritage

kinship

family

Related people together

loved ones · elders · matriarch · patriarch · grandparents · parents · siblings · cousins · nieces · nephews

Opposites
generational direction

great great grandchildrengreat great grandparents

Ancestors four generations back

ancestors · forebears · forefathers · progenitors · antecedents

genealogical distance

great great grandchildrenchildren

Young human beings

parents · immediate family · close relatives · grandchildren · siblings

Family

grandchildren, grandchild, children, greater, greatest, greatly, greatness, childish, childlike

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