Does Great Aunt Need to Be Capitalized?

In the title “Great-Aunt,” “great” needs to be capitalized as the first word of the title anyway, and “aunt” is of at least equal significance, or as I have just claimed, even more significance, so naturally “aunt” must also be capitalized.

Is great great grandfather capitalized?

A great-grandfather is the father of a person's grandparent (the grandfather of a person's parent). ... Great-grandfather should be capitalized when it's used as a proper name, as in Please tell Great-grandfather that I miss him.

Does aunt before a name need to be capitalized?

Correct: The other day I went shopping with my aunt. However, when referring to an aunt by name such as “Aunt Audrey,” then the word aunt is capitalized because it is a part of the name so it becomes a proper noun.

Sophia Al-Mansoor

Sophia Al-Mansoor

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