Great Great Great Grandparents

Really interesting information relevant to the Italy DNA project has been lacking this week, so I put together a little chart that is at least tangentially relevant to the project.

Here is a list of the English and Italian names for several generations of direct ancestors. I presented the Italian in the masculine plural, but you can convert the names to the feminine and/or singular pretty easily by substituting the appropriate ending. I nonni becomes il nonno (for grandfather) or la nonna (for grandmother).

The singular form of "great great grandparents" is trisavo or trisava, but it seems to be more common to use the synonymous trisavolo or trisavola when referring to only one grandparent. The plural of trisavolo would be trisavoli. (Thanks to Francesco for pointing out an earlier error).

I'll admit to having concocted the last formation, although I think the construction would be understood by an Italian genealogist. I didn't want my settimavola Maria Simeone (born in 1683 in Villa Santa Lucia) to be left out.

Degree of Relation	English	Italian
1st	Parents	I genitori
2nd	Grandparents	I nonni
3rd	Great Grandparents	I bisnonni
4th	GG Grandparents	I trisavi
5th	3G Grandparents	I quartavi
6th	4G Grandparents	I quintavi
7th	5G Grandparents	I sestavi
8th	6G Grandparents	I settimavi