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[starone]

Yet another bit of trivia. Am I my brother's grandchild's great-aunt or grand-aunt?

[Graham-W]

Great-Aunt. As in Great-Grandfather. ( in my opinion)

[Robinia]

I think either is correct but great-aunt seems to be more commonly used... I've never heard grandaunt used in my family.

[starone]

Well, of course I'm great, and grand for that matter. I have always used the term great-aunt, but was told recently that I was wrong and that it should be grand-aunt as the generation concerned was grand-mother and grand-father so therefore it should be grand in front of aunt. Logical I suppose.

[HowardKennitby]

Found this

Kinship terminologies vary in different societies from as few as twelve to more than fifty terms. English kinship terminology is in the middle, and contains the following principal terms:

mother, father, son, daughter, brother, sister
uncle, aunt, nephew, niece
cousin (differently elaborated in different English speaking cultures)
grandfather, grandmother, grandson, granddaughter
granduncle, grandaunt, grandniece, grandnephew (in many dialects)
plus
great-grandmother, great-great-grandmother etc.
and
great-grandfather, great-great-grandfather etc.

there are also the affinal terms:

wife, husband, brother-in-law, sister-in-law, mother-in-law and father-in-law as well as uncle and aunt.

[starone]

Looks as if it should be grandaunt then Howard.

[dotty.]

if you are an american from america

[woofgang]

I am an aunt to my sisters children and my mother is their grandmother
My mother is great grandmother to my sisters grand children and therefore i am a great aunt

[mike11111]

Great aunt and grand aunt are equally correct though the latter is more or less obsolete this side of the Atlantic