great great grandfathers
Parents' great-grandparents' fathers
Great great grandfathers are the fathers of one's great grandfathers—ancestors four generations back.
The term extends the generational chain: grandfather, great grandfather, great great grandfather.
Additional "greats" mark each further generation: My great great grandfather immigrated from Poland in 1892.
- predecessorOne who came first
- forefathersAncestral predecessors
- ancestralOf one's forebears
- progenitorsOriginal ancestors of a lineage
- lineagesRecorded chains of descent
forebear · family rituals · family reunion · family name · legacy · bloodline · genealogy · old country · ancestral wisdom · passing down · oral history · elder · paterfamilias · blood relatives · distant relatives · migration · tradition · heritage
great great grandfathersgreat great grandchildren
Descendants four generations removed
descendants · posterity · progeny · future generations · great great grandchild
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