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If my dad had accepted my grandparents and extended family wanted to see us, their actual family, none of this would have happened.
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Erin Clack, People.com, 27 Oct. 2024
As for Eddie, Minear recently told EW that the firefighter is struggling with his son living in Texas with his grandparents.
—Patrick Gomez, EW.com, 24 Oct. 2024
This was not the case for his maternal grandparents, who became steeped in the politics of the Cuban-exile community.
—Geraldo Cadava, The New Yorker, 23 Oct. 2024
My grandparents lost a lot of forest on ancestral land.
—Christian Allaire, Vogue, 23 Oct. 2024
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Erin Clack, People.com, 27 Oct. 2024
As for Eddie, Minear recently told EW that the firefighter is struggling with his son living in Texas with his grandparents.
—Patrick Gomez, EW.com, 24 Oct. 2024
This was not the case for his maternal grandparents, who became steeped in the politics of the Cuban-exile community.
—Geraldo Cadava, The New Yorker, 23 Oct. 2024
My grandparents lost a lot of forest on ancestral land.
—Christian Allaire, Vogue, 23 Oct. 2024
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“Grandparent.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/grandparent. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
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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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