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The event will feature remarks by NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman and Amanda Wright Lane, the great-grandniece of Orville and Wilbur Wright.
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Robert Pearlman,
ArsTechnica,
1 July 2026
While plans for the memorial are still in development, Parks’ grandniece Robin Hickman-Winfield, Landmark Center executive director Amy Mino and others have discussed having a statue of Parks erected in Landmark Plaza.
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Imani Cruzen,
Twin Cities,
1 Dec. 2025
Disney, the granddaughter of Roy Disney and grandniece of Walt, has long been at odds with many in her cohort.
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Philip Elliott,
Time,
24 Nov. 2025
One of the largest private collections of Anna Cassel’s paintings is housed in an unassuming apartment on the outskirts of Stockholm which belongs to Marie Cassel, Anna’s seventy-three-year-old grandniece.
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Alice Gregory,
New Yorker,
16 Nov. 2025
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Robert Pearlman,
ArsTechnica,
1 July 2026
While plans for the memorial are still in development, Parks’ grandniece Robin Hickman-Winfield, Landmark Center executive director Amy Mino and others have discussed having a statue of Parks erected in Landmark Plaza.
—
Imani Cruzen,
Twin Cities,
1 Dec. 2025
Disney, the granddaughter of Roy Disney and grandniece of Walt, has long been at odds with many in her cohort.
—
Philip Elliott,
Time,
24 Nov. 2025
One of the largest private collections of Anna Cassel’s paintings is housed in an unassuming apartment on the outskirts of Stockholm which belongs to Marie Cassel, Anna’s seventy-three-year-old grandniece.
—
Alice Gregory,
New Yorker,
16 Nov. 2025
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“Grandniece.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/grandniece. Accessed 3 Jul. 2026.
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grandniece
noun
grand·niece
-ˈnēs 
: a granddaughter of one's brother or sister
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