great great grandmother

Four generations back

A great great grandmother is your parent's parent's parent's mother—four generations back.

The term extends the kinship chain by adding "great" for each generation beyond grandmother: grandmother, great grandmother, great great grandmother, and so on.

Also written great-great-grandmother or with numerals: 2x great grandmother.

genealogy

ancestor

Predecessor in lineage

lineage · ancestry · descent · bloodline · pedigree · family tree · generation · roots · antecedent · heritage

family

matriarch

Female family leader

  • elderSenior figure of authority
  • kinBlood-connected people
  • kinfolkFamily members collectively

relations · clan · descendants · grandchildren · great grandchildren · offspring · progeny · family reunion · heirloom · inheritance

era

Victorian

Of a prim era

settler · immigrant · old country · historical · antiquity · bygone · olden days · wartime · pre-modern · horse and buggy

Opposites
generational distance (ascending)

great great grandmothermother

Female parent

grandmother · self · parent · great grandmother · daughter

ancestral direction

great great grandmothergreat great granddaughter

Female descendant, four generations removed

great great grandson · great great grandchild · great great grandchildren · great granddaughter · great grandson

gendered lineage

great great grandmothergreat great grandfather

Ancestor four generations removed

Family

grandmother, grandmothers, grandmotherly, mother, mothers, motherly, motherhood, motherless, mothering

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