grandparents

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A Jewish woman whose grandparents were Holocaust survivors, and grew up at Bondi, told the inquiry she was "shocked to see flags being burnt at the Opera House -- it was such an un-Australian thing".

From Barron's • May 4, 2026

“My grandparents only spoke Spanish, so my mom grew up speaking Spanish and being very comfortable with it,” Vargas says.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 30, 2026

Though two of her grandparents died in Haiti in the last month, she couldn’t justify traveling to the island nation to attend their funerals out of concern for her and her family’s safety.

From Salon • Apr. 30, 2026

They remind us that nostalgia for the food culture of our grandparents overlooks the prevalence of rickets, pellagra and food-poisoning in those days, to say nothing of hunger.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

Right before the rappings started, Lizzie had finished a long visit with Maggie, Kate, and her grandparents, then returned to Rochester.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock