We always just called them Uncle and Aunt when they were alive.
1 month ago | 22
I love the consistency of grandma’s sister being grand aunt. It makes identifying relationships within a single generation more obvious.
1 month ago | 7
I use the same generational title as the ancestor (grandpa and granduncle, great grandma and great grandaunt, etc). Makes it easier to categorize each generation.
1 month ago | 11
If talking about them with family, it's Uncle and Aunt. If talking about them with non-family it is Great-uncle and Great-aunt.
1 month ago | 4
Growing up, they were referred to by my parents as 'Great'-whatever. Only one of my grandparents' siblings was alive during my childhood, and he was actually referred to as 'Uncle', without anything to specify that he was an older generation. A couple of decades into genealogy, and now 'great' doesn't make sense to me so I prefer 'Grand' as a prefix for that generation. I usually explain, if I'm in company that cares. I realize I am fighting against the tide on this one.
1 month ago | 4
Growing up , my patents just called them aunt and uncle so even my generation called them that too. My grandkids just call my sister Aunt. As long as the person is ok with it, dies it matter?
1 month ago | 2
In Spain we use tío abuelo and tía abuela. They literally mean uncle grandfather and aunt grandmother. But it's common to make it short by calling them just aunt and uncle.
1 month ago | 0
My family typically uses “great-aunt/uncle”. I personally prefer “granduncle/grandaunt”, just to line the generations up, but usually just slip into “great-uncle/great-aunt” out of habit. Besides, just using the “great” prefix puts them on the same degree of separation as my great-grandparents (their parents).
1 month ago (edited) | 2
In conversation, Great Aunt/Uncle. In research notes, Grand to avoid confusion.
1 month ago | 1
I try to use both…but most people I know use great aunt and great uncle
4 weeks ago | 0
I've used both in the past. I don't have much reason to refer to any of them in that manner today, but if I did I would probably used the long version and call them individually something like my father's father's sister, or collectively my grandparent's siblings.
4 weeks ago | 0
I always called them great aunt or uncle. Now I am a Grand Aunt to those I can’t convince to call me Deb.
3 weeks ago | 0
I'm not an english-speaker. (Swedish) So it's a little different in our language. I don't know if there's an 'official' term in Swedish but translated I would simply call them, for example, paternal grandfather's brother (farfars bror) or maternal grandmother's sister (mormors syster). ❤ PS. In Swedish you almost always (except for cousins) know exactly how they are related to you by what you call them.
1 month ago (edited) | 2
I personally use grand aunt/uncle because it makes more sense with them being the same generation as a grandparent, but I think that's confusing to most people who've learned to use great aunt/uncle so I often default to the latter in conversation.
4 weeks ago | 0
I’m like the others commenting here. As a family historian it makes sense to favour grand over great, for the siblings of grandparents. I understand that both are correct though. And then next generation back I then refer to “great-grand……” Similarly I refer to my nephew’s little girl as my grandniece, just as my sister would call her, her granddaughter. I’m often explaining why I do.
1 month ago | 1
Always used the term great aunt/uncle, but I have been trying to make the switch to grand aunt/uncle. It better matches the construction with grandparent so they aren’t confusingly off a generation. So great grandparent sibling is a great grand aunt/uncle.
1 month ago | 1
It gets more precise than that for a Chinese person (such as myself). We have specific relationship titles, like if this relative is on the maternal side, or paternal. If they're the sibling of the grandparent, or the spouse of said sibling. Also, if the sibling and spouse are older or younger than the grandparent, and also if there's more than one sibling of said grandparent. So at least 16 different ways to refer to what English boils down to Great- or Grand- Aunt/Uncle, depending on which person I'm actually referring to. 🤓
4 weeks ago | 0
Personally, I have many relatives with the SAME (not dead as I previously typed in the spot of "same") name (past and present relatives), and I find it easier to just call them uncle or aunt, or cousin, since they are aunts or uncles or cousins (regardless of distance) no matter what, so I just say "Hey, about Uncle Johannes, or "About Cousin Ludwig...". it's just a matter of what you prefer.
1 month ago (edited) | 0
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When referring to the siblings of your grandparents, what term do you use?
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