maternal grandfather
Mom's dad's title
A maternal grandfather is one's mother's father.
The term distinguishes him from one's paternal grandfather (father's father).
My maternal grandfather emigrated from Poland in 1920.
Inherited cultural legacy
- ancestryFamily line of descent
- bloodlineAncestry through generations
- genealogyStudy of family descent
- descentDownward slope or lineage
pedigree · roots · origin · family tree · matrilineal · inheritance · clan · kinship
Parent's father
- granddadParent's male parent
- grampsInformal grandfather nickname
- abueloGrandfather in Spanish
- nanaInformal term for grandmother
grandchild · grandmother · grandson · granddaughter · kinfolk
Good judgment from experience
- experiencePractical knowledge from life
- venerableDeserving honor for dignity
- respectedHeld in high regard
- agedAdvanced in years
elderly · retired · grey-haired · sage · old-timer · veteran · senior · octogenarian
heritage
Inherited cultural legacy
descent · pedigree · roots · origin · family tree · matrilineal · inheritance · clan · kinship · forebear
grandpa
Parent's father
nana · grandchild · grandmother · grandson · granddaughter · kinfolk
wisdom
Good judgment from experience
- experiencePractical knowledge from life
- venerableDeserving honor for dignity
- respectedHeld in high regard
aged · elderly · retired · grey-haired · sage · old-timer · veteran · senior · octogenarian · nonagenarian
- family memberssister, brother, son, daughter, mom
- relativessister, brother, aunt, uncle, cousin
- Grandparentsgrandma, grandpa, grandmother, grandparent, granny
- grandfathersgrandpa, granddad, gramps, grampy, papaw
- matrilineal kinshipfemale lineage, female line, clan mothers
maternal, grandfather, mother, motherly, motherhood, maternity, matriarch, matriarchal, matrix