grandparents

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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

Children drift past it after school, their routines shaped by the same paths their parents and grandparents once walked.

From BBC • May 2, 2026

Though two of her grandparents died in Haiti in the last month, she couldn’t justify traveling to the island nation to attend their funerals out of concern for her and her family’s safety.

From Salon • Apr. 30, 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 were surprisingly youthful, or perhaps they had had easier lives than poor Ambuya.

From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer