grandparents

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The number of households with at least two generations of adults over age 24 or grandparents living with younger grandchildren quadrupled between 1971 to 2021 to nearly 60 million, according to the Pew Research Center.

From MarketWatch • May 9, 2026

And so, all of my grandparents and aunts and uncles, ancestors were all farmers.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026

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

It stands in contrast to the 1993 film adaptation that starred Meryl Streep and Jeremy Irons as the characters loosely based on Allende’s grandparents.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 29, 2026

The grandparents of President John F. Kennedy, who wasn’t yet born, honeymooned there when I was two months old.

From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson