Good morning Doris, I've always referred to my parents' aunts and uncles as great aunt/uncle Jane/Jack, etc. also. . . . Until I started doing this genealogy research, I had never heard of a grand uncle, either! When I answered Russell question I just assumed he wanted to know the answer as it pertained to genealogy. I'm like you and will continue to use great aunt/uncle when I'm speaking to family. Have a good one . . Patricia Wow! I never even heard of grand uncle. All our family referred to them as great-uncle, or great-aunts, (and still do). I stand corrected, but we will continue as before dj TribalOrphan wrote: > > He is your grand uncle. Check out the following link. It has alot of good > info. > Patricia > http://www.agate.net/~davids/_genea/dl01.htm > -----Original Message----- > <snip > > What is the proper genealogical term for my father's uncle's relation to > me? Is it my grand uncle or my great-uncle? > > Russell D. James > Delta, Colorado > neri@dmea.net > > ==== ROWANROOTS Mailing List ==== > To unsubscribe from RowanRoots-L, send an e-mail message to: > RowanRoots-L-request@rootsweb.com (for individual messages) > RowanRoots-D-request@rootsweb.com (for Digest mode) > Subject: unsubscribe > In the body include only one word: unsubscribe > (Turn OFF your signature file when sending this command) > > ==== ROWANROOTS Mailing List ==== > Have you forgotten how to UNSUBSCRIBE? > Visit the RowanRoots-L web page: > http://www.aa.net/~jdcoates/list/rowanroots-l.htm ==== ROWANROOTS Mailing List ==== To unsubscribe from RowanRoots-L, send an e-mail message to: RowanRoots-L-request@rootsweb.com (for individual messages) RowanRoots-D-request@rootsweb.com (for Digest mode)