Mike Hitch wrote: >>> Yeah - we generally these days refer to our Grandparents' siblings as "Great" uncles and aunts when in reality they are properly just "Grand" uncles and aunts (as it would make sense being they are the siblings of "grand"fathers and "grand"mothers). And so, Great grand uncles and aunts are siblings to great grandfathers and mothers and so on.... <<< ____________ Mike, I think you're over-reaching a little bit in suggesting that "grand uncle/aunt" is the PROPER form over "great uncle/aunt." I might be wrong, but I think either form is perfectly acceptable, either grand uncle/aunt, or great uncle/aunt. Perhaps the form generally used in a particular part of the country is a matter of regional dialect or something. I've come to prefer (for my own use) the form, "great uncle/aunt." Although one always has to "count" the number of greats or grands, it usually doesn't throw me off that a great uncle/aunt is the brother/sister to a grandfather/grandmother (not a greatfather or greatmother), that a great-great uncle/aunt is a brother/sister to a great grandfather/grandmother, etc. Cheers! Dave K