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great-great-grandparent

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Etymology

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    From great- + great- + grandparent.

    Noun

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    great-great-grandparent (plural great-great-grandparents)

    1. A parent of a great-grandparent, a grandparent of a grandparent and a great-grandparent of a parent.

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    Additional instances of "great-" can be prepended to the term, each indicating one further generation of ancestry. For large numbers of generations a number can be substituted, for example, "fourth great-grandparent", "four-greats grandparent" or "four-times-great-grandparent".

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