While "grand" and "great" for aunts and uncles is somewhat interchangeable in common usage it is actually preferable to use "grand" for the grands and great for the next generation back. It is clearer what you mean to state it that way. Joan In a message dated 6/14/2012 11:05:44 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, gale_gorman@me.com writes: I just never gave much thought to the exact relationship or what to call it. I was too happy to find one more branch or twig for my tree. But when I started using Family Tree Maker the relationship is shown in the top right corner for whoever the focus is on and the relationship is just to me or number one in the tree. FTM uses "grand aunt" while another uses "great aunt" and the third app uses "G Aunt" so there is no consensus among the software I have. Wikipedia has some information, maybe too much, and charts to look at. I'm still trying to decide between Family Tree Maker, GEDitCOM II, and Reunion 9. All run on a Mac. I have The Master Genealogist from years ago when I used Windows but going back to Windows is not an option I'd consider. Each one has something the others do not. Gale Gorman Houston

Joan, Do you mean as in "Great Grand Aunt?" I can readily understand how a sister of my grandfather could be my "grand aunt" but then what does that make the sister of my great grandfather, my great grand aunt? Gale On Jun 14, 2012, at 10:25 AM, JYoung6180@aol.com wrote: While "grand" and "great" for aunts and uncles is somewhat interchangeable in common usage it is actually preferable to use "grand" for the grands and great for the next generation back. It is clearer what you mean to state it that way. Joan In a message dated 6/14/2012 11:05:44 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, gale_gorman@me.com writes: I just never gave much thought to the exact relationship or what to call it. I was too happy to find one more branch or twig for my tree. But when I started using Family Tree Maker the relationship is shown in the top right corner for whoever the focus is on and the relationship is just to me or number one in the tree. FTM uses "grand aunt" while another uses "great aunt" and the third app uses "G Aunt" so there is no consensus among the software I have. Wikipedia has some information, maybe too much, and charts to look at. I'm still trying to decide between Family Tree Maker, GEDitCOM II, and Reunion 9. All run on a Mac. I have The Master Genealogist from years ago when I used Windows but going back to Windows is not an option I'd consider. Each one has something the others do not. Gale Gorman Houston