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But Julie Summers, Irvine’s great-niece, tells National Geographic that this discovery refutes the theories that Chinese climbers found the explorers first.
—Alexa Robles-Gil, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 Oct. 2024
While speaking exclusively to PEOPLE at the 7th Annual Black Love Summit in Los Angeles on Saturday, Oct. 12, Washington, 47, recalled taking the stage with Harris’ great-nieces, Amara, 8, and Leela, 6, who helped explain how to pronounce their aunt's name.
—Becca Longmire, People.com, 14 Oct. 2024
Shortly after their discovery, the team informed Irvine’s family, including his great-niece Julie Summers, who has written a book about the climber.
—Issy Ronald, CNN, 11 Oct. 2024
Elizabeth Gardner Hines, a great-niece of Gaston’s and a co-author of a biography called Black Titan, told me that Gaston’s conservative approach was understandable.
—Victor Luckerson, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Sep. 2024
Grey was the great-niece of Henry VIII and the cousin of Edward VI, Mary I, and Elizabeth I. All the cousins also play important roles and in some cases resemble their real-life counterparts.
—Hannah Madlener, Glamour, 16 July 2024
Survivors include her brother, George M. Fenwick, of Baltimore; two nieces, Marni Fenwick, of China, and Melanie D. Fenwick Thompson, of Snellville, Georgia; and great-nieces and great-nephews.
—Jacques Kelly, Baltimore Sun, 19 June 2024
When the lifeguard died, his great-niece found the ring stashed away among his belongings.
—Jason Rossi, The Enquirer, 22 Apr. 2024
She is survived by five stepchildren, several nieces and nephews and great-nieces and nephews, per her obituary.
—Daniel S. Levine, Peoplemag, 29 May 2024
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First Known Use
circa 1602, in the meaning defined above
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“Great-niece.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/great-niece. Accessed 26 Nov. 2024.
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