Usage of "maternal grandfather"

Russian

дед по матери

Portuguese

avô materno

Spanish

abuelo materno

Catalan

avi matern

Kinship.

Related terms

kinship

дед по матери

Usage of maternal grandfather in English

Even my maternal grandfather disapproved, despite his work for the Soviet state. 
 The Guardian 

Philip inherited from his maternal grandfather the earldom of Arundel in 1580. 
 Authorised Guide to the Tower of London 

The broken-spirited, old, maternal grandfather was likewise subject to the little tyrant. 
 Vanity Fair 

He never mentioned who his maternal grandfather was, if indeed he knew. 
 The Papers and Writings of Abraham Lincoln, Complete 

Again my maternal grandfather indulged in a hearty fit of laughter. 
 The Monikins 

The Sage, his maternal grandfather, was the only family Sorak knew. 
 The broken blade 

It is from my maternal grandfather, who once owned the town of Guildford. 
 Despair's Last Journey 

Fortunately, he inherited some money from his maternal grandfather, and didn't have to. 
 The wrong venus 

My parents met at my maternal grandfather's bowling center, where my dad competed. 
 Wired 

Not long afterwards Horace came into a small fortune from his maternal grandfather. 
 The Grim Smile of the Five Towns 

The maternal grandfather wants to be sure that the baby is cared for properly. 
 Running scared 

My maternal grandfather had served in France in WWI and my dad in WWII. 
 Riding rockets 

My maternal grandfather, Edmund Kelly, was Irish, though born in this country about 1765. 
 My Boyhood 

We all inherit our hot blood from my maternal grandfather. 
 No Name 

My maternal grandfather, a theological professor, had mastered eighteen languages. 
 Báró Podmaniczky Pál és a norvég Biblia / Elbeszélés a 18 nyelvü... 

My maternal grandfather was quite different, entirely devoid of impetuosity, even-tempered, amiable, very handsome. 
 Recollections of My Childhood and Youth 