Hello listers! A family discussion the other day brought up the question of what we call our grand-parents' brothers and sisters. Do we call them our grand-aunts and grand-uncles or do we call them great-aunts and great-uncles? In my own family they were always "grand", "greats" entered the equation in a previous generation and are called great grand-aunt or great grand-uncle and not great-great-aunt or uncle. At least when I talk about my great grand-mother and my great grand-uncle, I am talking about the same generation! The Concise Oxford Dictionary shows grand-aunt and grand-uncle as = great-aunt and great-uncle, so both are correct as far as they are concerned. I just thought it might be interesting to learn what the consensus of opinion was among the rest of the group. Also did you have a "special" name for your grandparents? How did you distinguish between your father's and mother's parents when you were a child, always assuming you were fortunate enough to know all of them? I don't remember my mother's mother as she died when I was only two years old, and my mother's father died before I was born. However my father's father was always "Grampa" and father's mother was "Granny". Kind regards -- Mike Clouston mcclouston@bigfoot.com http://www.mike.clouston.ukgateway.net/ http://www.pegwell.ukgateway.net/