grandparents

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“OUR sires’ age was worse than our grandsires’.

From Economist • Sep. 27, 2017

Indy as grandsires, Brown had managed his way to his first triumph in a Triple Crown race after seven in Breeders’ Cup races and the 2016 Eclipse Award for Outstanding Trainer.

From Washington Post • May 20, 2017

The few printed pages describe Mr. Hergesheimer's Calvinistic grandsires, his Calvinistic upbringing, and what he believes to have been his escape from Calvinism.

From Time Magazine Archive

My grandsires owned a vast armory full of magnificent and valued battle equipment.

From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques

Whatever their sires or their grandsires might have been back in Westeros before their exile, the men of the Golden Company were sellswords now, and no sellsword could be trusted.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin