grandparents

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These are families in which grandparents, other adult family members or close family friends are raising children, with no parents in the home.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 8, 2026

Earlier this year, Italy tightened its citizenship-by-descent rules, restricting eligibility primarily to those with Italian parents or grandparents.

From Barron's • Jun. 7, 2026

We learn how Iceland’s glaciers, essentially rivers of varying pace, begat their unique ecosystems, but also how they provided the breathtaking terrain upon which Magnason’s grandparents Hulda and Árni fell in love.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 5, 2026

During the vigil, friends described how the mother-of-two had also cared for her two autistic brothers and elderly grandparents.

From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026

“What the heck, George? Churchill’s always been enough for you before. You know, besides the fact that your grandparents and all your aunts and uncles and cousins and your best friend live here.”

From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz