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

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

His grandparents, Boris and Bessie Thomashefsky, were founding members of the Yiddish Theater in America.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 23, 2026

Her mother died when she was a baby, and soldiers at Batuk allegedly told her grandparents that her father had died.

From BBC • Apr. 19, 2026

Though we lived in Bluefield, a couple of weekends each month we would all pile into the car and go to see either the Coleman or the Goble grandparents.

From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson