Choose the correct answer. Grandfather’s father is:
2023
Choose the correct answer.
Grandfather’s father is:
Answer: B. great-grandfather — ConceptKinship terms describe a person by counting parent-child generations from a reference person. Each move to a parent adds one generation; the prefix…
- A.
grandpa
- B.
great-grandfather
- C.
father
- D.
More than one of the above
- E.
None of the above
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Correct answer: B
Concept
Kinship terms describe a person by counting parent-child generations from a reference person.
Each move to a parent adds one generation; the prefix great- marks one generation beyond a grandparent.
Application
A grandfather is the father of one of a person’s parents.
Moving to that grandfather’s father adds another generation.
That relationship is named great-grandfather.
Contrast
Grandpa is an informal word for grandfather, one generation nearer than the requested relation.
Father names a male parent in the immediately preceding generation.
Exactly one candidate kinship term matches the requested relation—great-grandfather—so the multiple-match and zero-match set claims do not apply.
Result
Therefore, grandfather’s father is a great-grandfather.