great-grandnephew
Americannoun
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His mother, Miriam Haas, went on to marry billionaire businessman Peter Haas, the great-grandnephew of Levi Strauss, and a longtime executive at the denim company Strauss founded.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 12, 2024
“Wilbur began by writing to the Smithsonian Institution, asking for any information they had on flying,” says Stephen Wright, the Wright brothers’ great-grandnephew.
From Scientific American ● Apr. 1, 2021
The swatch made the 300 million-mile journey to Mars with the blessing of the Wright brothers’ great-grandniece and great-grandnephew, said park curator Steve Lucht.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 23, 2021
Also in attendance were Wright brothers’ great-grandnephew and great-grandniece Stephen Wright and Amanda Wright-Lane.
From Washington Times ● Sep. 8, 2018
Sir John Doddridge, judge of the Court of King's Bench, would have blushed to think that his great-grandnephew was to be a Puritan preacher.
From The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 1, April, 1851 by Various
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