What is a maternal grandfather and a patermal grandfather??

Question

What is a maternal grandfather and a patermal grandfather??

Answer 1

Gods way to prove to us that he knows what he is doing.

Answer 2

It is easy to remember if you think of hillbillies.

MAternal is on yore MA's side (Mother's) and PAternal is on yore PA's side (Father's.)

Answer 3

Your maternal grandfather is your mothers father.  Your paternal grandfather is your father's father.

Answer 4

your maternal grandfather is your mother's father and a paternal grandfather is your father's father.

maternal -referring to your mother

paternal - referring to your father

Answer 5

maternal means from the mother side, paternal means from the father side.

Answer 6

Your mother's father is your maternal grandfather and your father's father is your paternal grandfather.

Answer 7

Maternal  grandfather   is on  your  mothers  side  of  the family..  If  your  grandad   would  be  your   mums dad.   The paternal  one  is  on  your  dads  side of  the family/

Answer 8

Maternal grandfather is your mother's father; paternal grandfather is your father's father.

Answer 9

Maternal= mums dad

paternal= dads dad

Answer 10

Your maternal grandfather has b*****s.

Answer 11

maternal grandfather is your mother's father

paternal grandfather is your father's father.

Answer 12

It is as Tommy says.  Mater is Latin for mother and pater is Latin for father which guves us the root for each word