What's the difference between grandnephew and grandniece?

Grandnephew


Definition:

  • (n.) The grandson of one's brother or sister.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) This includes the head of the Stock Exchange, the head of the Financial Services Authority, and even the prime minister, Lawrence Gonzi, who is a grandnephew of the former Archbishop of Malta.

Grandniece


Definition:

  • (n.) The granddaughter of one's brother or sister.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) They are grandnieces of a normal member of a sibship which included four children with severe retardation and complete thyroid iodide organification defect.
  • (2) Abigail Disney, grandniece of Walt, has backed up Meryl Streep following the actor's recent comments about Walt Disney where she referred to him as a "gender bigot" and a member of an antisemitic lobbying organisation.
  • (3) Facebook Twitter Pinterest Painter and sculptor Wendy Vanderbilt Lehman, grandniece of Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, founder of the Whitney Museum, Palm Beach, 1964.

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