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My great-grandparents were:

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Jan x3
Kacper

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Genowefa x2
Helena
Stanisława or Czesława (I can't remember right now which one, but they were sisters and after my actual great-grandma died, the other sister married my great-grandad and became my grandma's step-mom so I always have trouble remembering which was which)

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I always thought it was hilarious how many repetitions there were. I remember drawing my family tree in elementary school and putting down Jan three times thinking "wow, it really was like that back then, no variety, no pizazz" xD

Maternal Grandparents: Genevieve “Jenny” and Harold Dewayne “Wayne”
Maternal Great-Grandparents: Ollie and Eskell, step-dad that I knew Rubin (Parents to Genevieve) Aulcy Bryant and Emma Sue (Parents to Harold )
Paternal Grandparents: Marie Catherine and Albert “Al” Cornelius
Paternal Great-Grandparents: William and Philomena (Parents to Marie) Reuben Everett “Everett” and Dena (Parents to Albert)

Grandparents - Henry, Margaret, Jan, Froukje
Known Great Grandparents - Henry, Rohario, Frances, Sybe, Tryntje

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Most of my great-grandparents got new names after they immigrated to the United States. Here are some of the names, with original/birth names for the ones I remember:

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Etya (unsure of the transliteration), Lillian, Lena (possibly not her birth name), & Bertha
Lev or Leib (possibly Yehuda Leib), Yosef, Herman (not his birth name), & Avrum

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I don't really feel comfortable putting my grandparents' names on a public forum along with their parents' names, but here are their Hebrew names (used pretty much just for religious purposes): Tamar, Leah, Yisrael, Ben-Zion

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Names in parenthesis are the original birth names before "Americanizing" them once they immigrated to the US.

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Paternal grandparents: Steven & Madaline Marie
Maternal grandparents: Charles Pierre & Josephine Assunta

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Paternal great grandparents:
-Steven
(Stefan) Steve & Mary
-Madaline
(Josef/Jozef) Joseph & Mary

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Maternal great grandparents
-Charles
Nicolas and Madeleine
-Josephine
(Michele) Michael & (Maria Filomena) Florence

I only know the names of the great grandparents on my mother's side. They were Rita Marie & Pierre Jules Charles (grandma's parents) and Ellen & Horace (grandpa's parents).

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You've got some great names in your family!

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Paternal Grandparents: Richard Frank (always went by "Rich") & Gail Patricia
Paternal Great-Grandparents: Victor Francis (or maybe it was Victor Frank) & Rose Marie, and Richard Thomas (always went by "Dick") & Theresa (no middle)

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Maternal Grandparents: Donald Charles & Wynona Rose (siblings called her "Rose" growing up, and in adulthood she acquired the nickname "Dodie" somehow)
Maternal Great-Grandparents: Isaac Franklin & Ida Virginia, and Silvestro "Sylvester" (no middle) & Ethel Clara

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Of these people, only my grandmothers are still alive. Dodie is in fact 99 years old, and only the second youngest of her seven siblings (she was the second oldest) is still alive. My maternal great-grandparents were all gone before I was born, and unfortunately I never knew Donald very well (I believe he went by Don). On the other side of my family, however, Victor was the only one I didn't know (he died when my dad was a kid)! Great-grandpa died when I was four, but I have fond memories of him still, and I was close to both great-grandmothers. Grandpa died in 2019 and I still catch myself missing him.

Maternal Grandparents:
Philip "Ollie" and Barbara
Maternal Great-Grandparents:
John & Frances / Kenneth & Mary

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Paternal Grandparents:
Stanley & Audree
Paternal Great-grandparents
James & Margaret "Peggy" / Stanley & Jean (or possibly Jeanine?) "Jane"

Maternal Grandparents: Frances Jean "Fran" & Deryl Aurin "Deryl"
Paternal Grandparents: Audrey Rae "Audrey" & Don Edwin "Don"

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Maternal Great-Grandparents:
-Gertrude Mae "Gertie/Gertie Mae" & William Clayton "Will" (Frances)
-Zelda Lola "Lola" & Wayne Austin "Wayne" (Deryl)

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Paternal Great-Grandparents:
-Anne Elizabeth "Betty" & William Alfred "William" (Audrey)
-Lucille Sarah "Lucy" & Paul Everett "Paul" (Don)

My GGP:

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Richard Arthur “Artie”
Kitty Iris

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William Thomas “Tommy”
Ada Matilda Ann “Ann”

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John
Adelaide Georgina

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Robert
Mary

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Going further back, my GGGP:

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William “Bill”
Grace

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Andrew
Louisa

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Albert
Sarah

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George Henry
Margery Ann

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Frederick “Fred”
Isobel Lucy

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James Charles
Agnes

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James
Agnes

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David Craig
Helena “Lena”

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My great-grandparents were...

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Clara Othelia/Patrick Anthony
Edna Mae/Prudencio Villa Blanca

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Edith Vera Maxine/Jesse Francis
Elvira J. (middle name unknown)/Cleve Elroy

My grandparents and their parents:

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Jean Patricia (Edith Mary and Percy Rupert Charles)

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Paul Georg (Else and Carl)

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Adele Elizabeth (Agnes Jessica Patricia ‘Lilac’ and Kenneth)

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John Patrick (Helen Elizabeth and Ernest Richard)

Maternal grandparents: Pirjo & Kari
Maternal great-grandparents: Aili & Svante "Sakke", Anja & Antti (his full name was Leo Antonio André, but he was always called Antti)

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Paternal grandparents: Liisa & Jorma
Paternal great-grandparents: Olga & Veikki (this spelling, not Veikko), Elvi & Ahti

I think my paternal grandmother's father's name was Stanley, but that might have been her stepfather.

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I don't know my paternal grandfather's parents' names.

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My maternal grandfather's parents were Eugeniusz and Marianna, who went by Maria. Her parents were Bolesław and Bronisława.

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My maternal grandmother's parents were Jan (son of Aleksander and Marianna) and Wanda (daughter of Stanisław and Felicja).

GP
Donato and Rosy (maternal) , Piero and Bianca (paternal).

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GGP
Maternal: Venturino and Anna; Heinrich and Clorinda

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Paternal: Paolo (I think) and Evelina, Mattia and Emilia.

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Maternals: Louisa and Daniel (I really adore their name!)
Paternals: Meity and Philep (Actually I prefer Maite and Phillip, sorry grandparents! 😅)

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I don't know who their parents are.

Fred Jr. "Steve" & Delora
Bertram "Neil" & Charlotte

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great grandparents:
Carrie & Fred
Jessie Mae & Bertram, Casper, Loran
Dorothy & Noel
Ruth & Rixey

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I think they're typical for the time/place for the most part.

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Maternal GP: Norman & Yvonne
Step grandfather’s: Brian & Raymond

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Paternal GP: William & Janet

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Maternal GGP: (Norman) William & Olive
Maternal GGP: (Yvonne) Neil & Winifred

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Paternal GGP: (William) William & Elizabeth
Paternal GGP: (Janet) Alexander & Jeanie

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GGGP
Henry & Esther
James & Elizabeth Ann
Charles & Mabel
Albert & Mary Ellen
John & Agnes
William & Margaret
Alexander & Margaret
Hugh & Janet

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My GP William is older than my GGP Neil & Winifred

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Maternal GP: Paula & Bernabé
Paternal GP: Juana & Alfredo

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Maternal GGP (Paula): Hipolita & Teodoro
Maternal GGP (Bernabé): Nicolasa & Salomé

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Paternal GGP (Juana): Ignacia & Sabino
Paternal GGP (Alfredo): Guadalupe & Modesto

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Alfredo is the only one still living. My maternal great-grandparents are my favorites.