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Everyone knows of a brother or sister, an aunt or uncle, a friend, grandparent or great-grandparent who has vanished at the schools, at the Indian hospitals or sanatoriums, in lunatic asylums or from the streets.
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Tanya Talaga
july 24, Literary Hub, 24 July 2025
Her grandparents, Harry and Esther Snyder, opened the first In-N-Out in 1948, starting with a drive-thru burger stand in Baldwin Park, located about 20 miles east of Los Angeles.
—Amaris Encinas, USA Today, 24 July 2025
Other countries, particularly some in Europe, offer pathways to citizenship through descent to those whose grandparents or parents were born there, while others, such as the U.S., offer pathways through naturalization or spending a qualifying amount of time in the country.
—Dan Gooding, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 July 2025
His mother, Anna, died in childbirth, and he was raised by Italian-speaking grandparents, Vincenzo and Rose, in Brooklyn.
—Mike Barnes, HollywoodReporter, 22 July 2025
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Tanya Talaga
july 24, Literary Hub, 24 July 2025
Her grandparents, Harry and Esther Snyder, opened the first In-N-Out in 1948, starting with a drive-thru burger stand in Baldwin Park, located about 20 miles east of Los Angeles.
—Amaris Encinas, USA Today, 24 July 2025
Other countries, particularly some in Europe, offer pathways to citizenship through descent to those whose grandparents or parents were born there, while others, such as the U.S., offer pathways through naturalization or spending a qualifying amount of time in the country.
—Dan Gooding, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 July 2025
His mother, Anna, died in childbirth, and he was raised by Italian-speaking grandparents, Vincenzo and Rose, in Brooklyn.
—Mike Barnes, HollywoodReporter, 22 July 2025
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“Grandparent.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/grandparent. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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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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