grandnephew
noun
grand·neph·ew
ˈgran(d)-ˈnef-(ˌ)yü 
chiefly British -ˈnev-
: a grandson of one's brother or sister
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This Five-Star hotel was once the palace of Prince Roland Bonaparte, Napoleon’s grandnephew, and the striped-walled bar resembles a Napoleonic tent used during the emperor’s wars.
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Jennifer Kester, Forbes.com, 9 June 2026
Another Castro family member acting as a point man for those talks is Óscar Pérez-Oliva Fraga, a grandnephew of the Castro brothers.
—New York Times, 16 May 2026
Pérez-Oliva, who also serves as the minister of foreign trade, is a grandnephew of Fidel and Raúl Castro.
—Jon Lee Anderson, New Yorker, 23 Mar. 2026
In less than two years, another family member, Oscar Pérez-Oliva Fraga, a grandnephew of Fidel and Raúl Castro, has been climbing the ladder to become minister of foreign trade and investment and vice prime minister.
—Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 21 Jan. 2026
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Jennifer Kester, Forbes.com, 9 June 2026
Another Castro family member acting as a point man for those talks is Óscar Pérez-Oliva Fraga, a grandnephew of the Castro brothers.
—New York Times, 16 May 2026
Pérez-Oliva, who also serves as the minister of foreign trade, is a grandnephew of Fidel and Raúl Castro.
—Jon Lee Anderson, New Yorker, 23 Mar. 2026
In less than two years, another family member, Oscar Pérez-Oliva Fraga, a grandnephew of Fidel and Raúl Castro, has been climbing the ladder to become minister of foreign trade and investment and vice prime minister.
—Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 21 Jan. 2026
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grandnephew
noun
grand·neph·ew
-ˈnef-(ˌ)yü
: a grandson of one's brother or sister
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