Examples of 'paternal great-grandfather' in a sentence

Meaning of "paternal great-grandfather"

paternal great-grandfather - This phrase specifies the familial relationship and ancestry of an individual's ancestor who is two generations older than their grandparent on their father's side. It indicates the great-grandparent's lineage through the paternal (father's) family lineage, tracing descent and kinship connections in genealogy and family history

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His paternal great-grandfather was an organist in Thuringia.
He was of German ancestry, and his paternal great-grandfather was a Mennonite minister.
His paternal great-grandfather was also named Jesse.
Her family descended from a royal family in Onitsha, and her paternal great-grandfather was Obi Anazenwu.
His paternal great-grandfather was Polish hence his surname.
His paternal grandfather was Francesco Ferretti and his paternal great-grandfather was Pietro Ferretti.
His paternal great-grandfather and grandfather were both theology professors in Göttingen.
King 's parents were both African-American, and he also had Irish ancestry through his paternal great-grandfather.
Kennedy 's paternal great-grandfather came to Boston and took a job as a migrant worker.
His stage name originally came from his childhood nickname " Tip ", after his paternal great-grandfather.
His paternal great-grandfather had changed the spelling of the surname from " Geer.
He was nicknamed "Tip" after his paternal great-grandfather.
Her paternal great-grandfather was Italian.
Frusciante is of Italian descent ; his paternal great-grandfather Generoso Frusciante emigrated from Benevento.
His paternal great-grandfather Vukašin Bošković was a knez of the Bošković brotherhood in Bjelopavlići.

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And he was the paternal great-grandfather of the discoverer of Brazil, Pedro Álvares Cabral.
His paternal great-grandfather was oil tycoon and philanthropist Armand Hammer.
His paternal great-grandfather was an immigrant from the Baden region of Germany.
Her paternal great-grandfather was August Uihlein.
He was the paternal great-grandfather of King Anawrahta, the founder of Pagan Empire.
This son was paternal great-grandfather of the future triumvir Marcus Licinius Crassus.
His paternal great-grandfather was Irish.
Lynd 's paternal great-grandfather emigrated from Scotland to Ireland.
His paternal great-grandfather was born a slave, Isaiah Ashford, in Alabama.
His paternal great-grandfather and great-great-grandfather were natives of Plainfield, Connecticut.
Her paternal great-grandfather was Chinese, making her one-eighth Chinese.
A paternal great-grandfather was Bégon, Count of Paris.
His paternal great-grandfather was from Donegal, Ireland.
Her paternal great-grandfather was the politician Hamar Greenwood, 1st Viscount Greenwood.
His paternal great-grandfather was the industrialist and politician Sir William Chaytor, 1st Baronet.
My paternal great-grandfather came to the UK before 1914 ; and he would have come from Antwerp.
Her paternal great-grandfather was awarded the title to the Las Vegas Grandes land grant in 1823.

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