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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Ancestor Terminology #42845 09/24/2001 2:02 AM Anonymous Unregistered Anonymous Unregistered Can anyone offer me an abbreviated method of describing a relative that is several generations removed, specifically (for example) a great-great-great-great-great-etc grandfather? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Ancestor Terminology Anonymous 09/24/2001 2:02 AM Re: Ancestor Terminology doc_comfort 09/24/2001 2:52 AM Re: Ancestor Terminology Jazzoctopus 09/24/2001 11:33 AM Re: Ancestor Terminology Bingley 09/24/2001 12:05 PM Re: Ancestor Terminology maverick 09/24/2001 12:27 PM Re: Ancestor Terminology Sparteye 10/11/2001 11:24 PM Re: Ancestor Terminology wwh 10/12/2001 12:33 AM Re: Ancestor Terminology Jackie 10/12/2001 12:44 AM Re: Ancestor Terminology Bingley 10/12/2001 6:50 AM Re: Ancestor Terminology Jackie 10/12/2001 11:16 AM Re: Ancestor Terminology Bingley 10/12/2001 11:40 AM Re: Ancestor Terminology Jackie 10/12/2001 12:09 PM Re: Ancestor Terminology maverick 10/12/2001 12:33 PM Re: Ancestor Terminology Flatlander 10/12/2001 3:06 PM Re: Ancestor Terminology Capital Kiwi 10/13/2001 2:33 AM Re: Ancestor Terminology of troy 10/12/2001 12:35 PM what comes after thrice? TEd Remington 09/24/2001 8:34 PM what comes after thrice? tsuwm 09/24/2001 8:44 PM Re: what comes after thrice? Yoda 10/12/2001 7:47 AM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard

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