grandparents

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Tucci is Italian-American; his four grandparents are from Italy.

From Salon • Jun. 3, 2026

The restaurant, named for Cimarusti’s grandparents — Constance and Edward — opened to fanfare, acclaim and “feverish oyster shucking.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 23, 2026

It was particularly meaningful for Noakes who has "always been really close" with her grandparents.

From BBC • May 18, 2026

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

In early 1941, when Gerhard Kunkel returned from war service in France, he brought home a broken shortwave radio and gave it to Helmuth Hübener, his younger half-brother, who lived with his grandparents in Hamburg.

From "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti