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In my grandparents’ house, everything was a comparison, and Cuba always won.
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Silvia Hernandez, The Orlando Sentinel, 22 Mar. 2026
For Chen, the structural legacy of China’s One-Child policy often concentrated familial resources from two parents (and four grandparents) on a generation of mostly single children.
—Matthew Chin,evelyn Cheng, CNBC, 22 Mar. 2026
To the stories and history of his grandparents in the El Salvador of the 1980s when a horrific civil war raged.
—Sara Sidner, CNN Money, 21 Mar. 2026
That is old Charlotte, distilled into a single detail — families who have been eating at the same spot since their grandparents or great-grandparents first walked through the door.
—Charlotte Observer, 20 Mar. 2026
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Silvia Hernandez, The Orlando Sentinel, 22 Mar. 2026
For Chen, the structural legacy of China’s One-Child policy often concentrated familial resources from two parents (and four grandparents) on a generation of mostly single children.
—Matthew Chin,evelyn Cheng, CNBC, 22 Mar. 2026
To the stories and history of his grandparents in the El Salvador of the 1980s when a horrific civil war raged.
—Sara Sidner, CNN Money, 21 Mar. 2026
That is old Charlotte, distilled into a single detail — families who have been eating at the same spot since their grandparents or great-grandparents first walked through the door.
—Charlotte Observer, 20 Mar. 2026
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“Grandparent.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/grandparent. Accessed 24 Mar. 2026.
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grandparent
noun
grand·par·ent
ˈgran(d)-ˌpar-ənt 
-ˌper-
: a parent of one's father or mother
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