Translation of Great Great Grandfather

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Translation of Great Great Grandfather

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I know these translations:-

Father - Padre
Grandfather - Nonno
Gt Grandfather - Bisnonno

But does anyone know the translation of ggGrandfather & gggGrandfather?

Thanks in advance
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Father - Padre
Grandfather - Nonno
Great Grandfather - Bisnonno
Great Great Grandfather - Trisavolo
Great Great Great Grandfather - bisarcavolo or quartavolo (but it's very rare the word quadrisavolo)

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Molto grazie Gaetano
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Does anyone have a suggestion for GGGG grandfather or GGGGG grandfather?

I think that quinquisavolo will work for GGGG grandfather, but perhaps there is a more common word.

I have no clue for GGGGG grandfather, however!

Thanks in advance.
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Wow... you must be a great great great great great researcher!! :lol:

or these days... a G5researcher...

Could it be pentavolo...( for the G5 Grandfather)

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Does not tranlate :!:

http://babelfish.altavista.com/tr

Neither does "quartavolo" for 4th gr. grandfather :!:


:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

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mfjp wrote:Wow... you must be a great great great great great researcher!! :lol:
More lucky than great, I think!

I am probably at the end of the line with my 5G grandfather, but I did find the name of my 6G grandmother (born 1683) in the catasto onciaro.
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I did a little Googling, and I found this:

http://www.cerromaggiore.org/dbdocs/7_p ... tuaria.pdf

which lists the following relationships

1. I genitori
2. L'avo e l'ava (i nonni)
3. Il bisavolo o la bisavola (i bisnonni)
4. Il trisavolo o la trisavola (i trisavi)
5. Il quartavolo o la quartavola
6. Il quintavolo o la quintavola

Plus, I found one reference (in an Italian family tree) for "sestavolo" for 5G grandfather.

Extrapolating from that, I'll call my 6G grandmother Maria Simeone "la settimavola" unless someone objects! :-)
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