> AGREED. > >I can't help wondering if you are trying to be too PC. <remainder of message snipped> God forbid that I should be accused of being politically correct! What I was trying to ask, in my heavy-handed way, was do you refer to your grandparents' brothers and sisters as great uncle and great aunt or grand uncle and grand aunt in a family tree context, not in a familiar context. We all have our pet names for our older relations - all my great/grand uncles and aunts were known just as uncle this or aunt that. The only person who got any preferential treatment was my wife's grandfather who was known as big granddad when he became a great grandfather, which helped avoid confusion. My own nieces, nephews and God-children very rarely call me Uncle Mike, because I have asked them not to - I just like to be called Mike. Kind regards -- Mike Clouston mcclouston@bigfoot.com http://www.mike.clouston.ukgateway.net/ http://www.pegwell.ukgateway.net/