grandfather

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Among its residents: the mother, father, grandmother and grandfather of an ASU undergrad.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 10, 2026

Bronner inherited his verbosity and gumption from his grandfather, Emanuel Bronner, who originally crammed all-caps, feel-good credos onto the labels of his soap bottles in the 1940s.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026

My grandfather was named Fuchang—“wealth and prosperity”—a hopeful prayer for a life the land rarely provided.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 7, 2026

Saltiveri's farm, owned by his father and grandfather before him, is in an isolated spot in the province of Lleida, in the northeastern region of Catalonia.

From BBC • Apr. 5, 2026

He thought of his grandfather, amid a crowd of seagulls; of his father, sitting next to his bed at night; of the half-remembered face of his mother.

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell