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His great-uncle, pig and potato farmer Gabriel Hoyland, is the greatest player in Bryne FK history.
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Sean Gregory, Time, 31 July 2025
In March 2024, a rift with his landlord forced him to close McCray’s Backyard BBQ and Seafood on 45th St. in Riviera Beach, a business inherited from his great-uncle and father.
—Phillip Valys, Sun Sentinel, 14 July 2025
In the late 1950s, my great-uncle Alex took a woman named Roslyn on a date to Pellegrini’s, a cafe that had opened a few years earlier on Bourke Street in Melbourne.
—Nina Caplan, Travel + Leisure, 14 July 2025
Raymond Cheadle, Honesty’s great-uncle, told WUSA the family, including the girl’s dad, is heartbroken.
—Miami Herald, 11 July 2025
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Sean Gregory, Time, 31 July 2025
In March 2024, a rift with his landlord forced him to close McCray’s Backyard BBQ and Seafood on 45th St. in Riviera Beach, a business inherited from his great-uncle and father.
—Phillip Valys, Sun Sentinel, 14 July 2025
In the late 1950s, my great-uncle Alex took a woman named Roslyn on a date to Pellegrini’s, a cafe that had opened a few years earlier on Bourke Street in Melbourne.
—Nina Caplan, Travel + Leisure, 14 July 2025
Raymond Cheadle, Honesty’s great-uncle, told WUSA the family, including the girl’s dad, is heartbroken.
—Miami Herald, 11 July 2025
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“Great-uncle.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/great-uncle. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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