Daily AncestorGreat-grandmother
A great-grandmother is the mother of one of your grandparents, three generations above you.
A great-grandmother is a grandparent's mother. You have four great-grandmothers, two on your father's side and two on your mother's side.
In a census relationship column she is described by her link to the head only, so a great-grandmother of the children may be entered as the head's grandmother, mother or mother-in-law. Work out her place from the head's point of view.
As seen in a recordNewspaper birth notice, 1890s
Mrs. Thankful Ingersoll, great-grandmother of the infant, aged 88
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Daily Ancestor. "Great-grandmother." Dictionary of Old Record Words. https://dailyancestor.com/dictionary/relationships/great-grandmother. Last checked 2026-10-12.