Great or Grand

[Gadget]

My half US great/grand nephew likes to call me his grand aunt - he says it sounds better 

(usually he calls me by my first name    )

[Rosinish]

'grand' really is the correct term, it's just that people in the UK prefer to use 'great'.

Some of you, probably most but not I 

I actually get confused if I hear people mention 'great' aunt/uncle as to me that would be the sibling of a g g/parent.

I've always used 'grand' aunt/uncle when referring to siblings of my grand parents.

I'd refer to siblings of my great g/parents as 'great' aunt/uncle which doesn't confuse me.

Annie (Scottish)

[frostyknight]

'grand' really is the correct term, it's just that people in the UK prefer to use 'great'.
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Some of you, probably most but not I 

I actually get confused if I hear people mention 'great' aunt/uncle as to me that would be the sibling of a g g/parent.

I've always used 'grand' aunt/uncle when referring to siblings of my grand parents.

I'd refer to siblings of my great g/parents as 'great' aunt/uncle which doesn't confuse me.

Annie (Scottish)

The term grand is used here in Ireland too. Less confusing.

[Sloe Gin]

grandfather - granduncle or great uncle
great grandfather - great granduncle or great great uncle
great great grandfather - great great granduncle or great great great uncle

Using 'grand' across the board is less confusing.  It's more consistent.

[Paul 77]

Have now had a reply from Ancestry confirming it is an intentional change, (asked for by their staff genealogists).

I still can't see the need for it, but there we are.

[Top-of-the-hill]

  I have always felt that great aunt sounds so much older than grandmother. I have never come across grand aunt, but can see the logic, and I always look for the logic!

[bearkat]

It's American logic though 

[Gadget]

Grand is definitely the correct term whatever 

https://www.familytreemagazine.com/names/aunts-and-uncles-grand-not-great/

and

https://www.familytreemagazine.com/names/aunts-and-uncles-grand-not-great/

Add- I did a course in kinship as part of my first degree and in our system (bifurcate merging) it is grand.

[Paul 77]

Grand is definitely the correct term whatever 

https://www.familytreemagazine.com/names/aunts-and-uncles-grand-not-great/

and

https://www.familytreemagazine.com/names/aunts-and-uncles-grand-not-great/

Add- I did a course in kinship as part of my first degree and in our system (bifurcate merging) it is grand.

Are those two links supposed to be leading to the same article?