One of his great-great grandparents, Benedictus, maybe Baruch in Hebrew, was a Jew who converted into Christianity.

YOUR great-great grandparents would find it hard to believe the Boeing 747, but perhaps they'd have a harder time believing last week's news that obesity has become the second-leading cause of death in the United States.

Therefore you have four grandparents, eight great-grandparents, sixteen great-great grandparents, and so on.

The black blonde didn't know what almeja meant, either, her great-great grandparents having come from the Ivory Coast.

This has been passed down by word of mouth from their great-great grandparents.

One of Lee's great-great grandparents, Henry Lee I, was a prominent Virginian colonist of English descent.

What follows is a bouquet of notions that your great-great grandparents might have read.

His great-great grandparents were subjected to the forced Indian removal known as the Trail of Tears ending at Indian Territory, known today as Oklahoma.

First, I think it is important to remember that scientific progress is the reason I will likely (hopefully) live twice as long as my great-great grandparents.

Mrs. Nance wrote a biographical article about her great-great grandparents Captain James Reynolds and wife Felicity Turnbull Reynolds,who was a Native American.