They are the same, maternal is mother.
The maternal grandparents are the parents of the individual's mother.
Your maternal grandmother is the mother of your mother. Similarly your paternal grandmother is the mother of your father, paternal grandfather is father of your father and maternal grandfather is father of your mother.
Maternal refers to mother. Paternal refers to father. So the maternal mother would be the mothers mother and the paternal mother would be the fathers mother.
when some one has a relation ship and they act as a mother figure to that person.
Maternal is the medical term meaning from the mother, while paternal means from the father
Paternal is related to the father while maternal is related to the mother. Example: Your maternal parent is your mother and your paternal parent is your father.
the mother's family
Maternal means from your mother's side and paternal means from your father's side...So, maternal grandma = your mother's motherpaternal grandma = your father's mother,maternal uncle = your mother's brother,paternal uncle=your father's uncle,
Maternal means like a mother. Communal means shared.
Your mother's family is your maternal family.Family history traced through the mother is called the matrilineal history.
An illness in the mother.