Help! What Do You Call This?
By EvrWonder
@EvrWonder (3571)
Canada
January 22, 2009 8:21pm CST
My Dad's brother is my Uncle.
My Mom's sister is my Aunt.
I am my sister's daughter's aunt.
My sister's daughter is my niece.
With a new baby in the family and another one on the way,
I am stumped.
When my sister's daughter had her baby boy,
what do you call this?
Great niece?
Does that mean I am now a Great Aunt?
My brother's daughter is about to have a baby also and I am puzzled as to
what the baby's relation is to me and I am to them.
Can any one help out with this please?
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8 responses
@Theresaaiza (10487)
• Australia
23 Jan 09
I think you have to be a Grand aunt first before you can become a Great Grand Aunt. Suddenly Im not sure.Lol
The way I analyze it, you are just like a grandparent to them just as your brother/sister is to them. You become a Great Grand Aunt when those children also have their own children.
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@EvrWonder (3571)
• Canada
23 Jan 09
Good point. I never thought of it that way but makes sense.
This has had me wondering for months now.
No one I ask seem to now so I thank you!
Thank you for your response.
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@EvrWonder (3571)
• Canada
25 Jan 09
Thank you for your response.
I agree to your suggestion.
great Aunt I am! Cheers.
@bowtieguy (5915)
• United States
21 Apr 09
You are right, you are here great aunt adn she her great neice.
@CatsandDogs (13963)
• United States
23 Jan 09
If it's a boy then it's definitely not a grandniece.... lol 
Just had to throw that in there for a good laugh!! Hope you are!! lol BUT, you are partly right, it is your greatnephew. Actually the real title is grandnephew not greatnephew however, greatnephew is the most used title and it's easily recognized as well.
Just had to throw that in there for a good laugh!! Hope you are!! lol BUT, you are partly right, it is your greatnephew. Actually the real title is grandnephew not greatnephew however, greatnephew is the most used title and it's easily recognized as well.@EvrWonder (3571)
• Canada
25 Jan 09
Hi CatsandDogs, Thank you for your response.
Understood and I agree, therefore I would be considered a Grand Auntie Heehe.
Thank goodness my nephew isn't my grandniece. Lol
That would be funny to introduce my grandnephew as that, without knowing better, thanks to my MyLotter helpers.
Thanks everyone. I appreciate the help here.
@youngsweetheart (772)
• United States
23 Jan 09
You are the aunt to any children your siblings have. When your nieces/nephews have children, then yes, you are a Great Aunt, and the child is your great niece or nephew, depending on their gender. Does that answer your question?
@bookreadermom08 (5614)
• United States
23 Jan 09
I guess I always new it was the "great aunt" uncle...etc... thing, but my family has expanded so much as my cousins have babies, and I had babies, I still call them all my cousins...and to my kids I tell them they are cousins... I never realy go into detail --of course he wouldnt understand, he is only 5... but still when you think about how the family that was your immediate family grows up and starts expanding... really what are all the terms....LOL
@youngsweetheart (772)
• United States
24 Jan 09
Well, let's say we're dealing with two sisters. Their children are cousins. Their grandchildren are second cousins, and their great grandchildren are third cousins.
Your children and your sister's grandchildren would be first cousins once removed. Your grandchildren and your sister's GREAT grandchildren would be second cousins once removed. Your children and your sister's GREAT grandchildren would be, I believe, first cousins TWICE removed.
I think I just gave myself a headache, lol.
@EvrWonder (3571)
• Canada
25 Jan 09
Lol, this is fantastic!
Thank you both for the information.
i love it.
I love learning new things.
Especially things that I have often wondered about but never gave any real thought so to resolve and
Wonder no more.
thanks again for the response(s).
I really appreciate it!
@maean_19 (4655)
• Philippines
26 Feb 09
Your sister's daughter baby boy would actually call you GRAND AUNTIE and he would be your grand nephew. While your brother's daughter having a baby on her way would call you Grand Auntie and you call either grand nephew or grand niece depending on the gender which you did not specify.
You can be called as Great grand Auntie when your grand nephew/niece have their own children and Great Great grand Auntie when those great grand nephew/niece have children. And so on and so forth.
That is actually the sequence.
