> Lois Casson wrote Thu, 29 Nov 2012 23:00:09 > > Someone wrote me a message in Swedish on an Ancestry. I was able to > translate all but one word online. I understand mormor but the word > used was gamlemormor. Could someone translate that for me? Not a standard Swedish word, literally "old mother's mother", probably meaning father's mother's mother or mother's mother's mother. > > I would also like to know how to phrase "wife of great grant > uncle," my relationship to the person in question. Can't be translated to Swedish without knowing who the "great grand uncle" was, if he was relative of your mother or father, and how he was related to them. // Bo