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grandparent

Also known as grand-father or grand-mother, grand-mother or grand-father, grandma or grandpa, grandpa or grandma, parent of a parent, parent of parent, parent's parent, grandparents

thumb| The Favorite – Grandfather and Grandson, by Georgios Jakobides (1890)

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A grandparent is a parent of someone's parent, making them the generation before aunts, uncles, and parents in a family tree. Grandparents often play important roles in families by providing care, wisdom, and emotional support to their grandchildren across generations.

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Research

4,760 papers

Evaluation of Prevention Programs for Grandparent Caregivers: a Systematic Review.Prevention science : the official journal of the Society for Prevention Research · 2024Chan ACY, Piehler TFDOI: 10.1007/s11121-023-01594-2
Intensity of Grandparent Caregiving, Health, and Well-Being in Cultural Context: A Systematic Review.The Gerontologist · 2023Chan ACY, Lee SK, Zhang J et al.DOI: 10.1093/geront/gnac026
Being a Grandparent and a Pediatrician.Pediatric annals · 2019Hageman JRDOI: 10.3928/19382359-20190924-01
Grandparent involvement and children's health outcomes: The current state of the literature.ReviewFamilies, systems & health : the journal of collaborative family healthcare · 2016Pulgaron ER, Marchante AN, Agosto Y et al.DOI: 10.1037/fsh0000212
Factors Influencing Grandparent Caregivers' Resilience.Journal of gerontological social work · 2025Mendoza N, Fruhauf CADOI: 10.1080/01634372.2025.2485967
Grandparent Caregivers Lived Experiences and Resource Needs/Use During the COVID-19 Pandemic.Journal of gerontological social work · 2024Kekeh M, Tonn C, Dial K et al.DOI: 10.1080/01634372.2024.2339988
Grandparent alcohol use disorder and grandparent-grandchild relationships.Journal of family psychology : JFP : journal of the Division of Family Psychology of the American Psychological Association (Division 43) · 2023Blake A, Chassin LDOI: 10.1037/fam0001116
Interventions to Improve Grandparent Caregivers' Mental and Physical Health: An Integrative Review.ReviewWestern journal of nursing research · 2018Sumo J, Wilbur J, Julion W et al.DOI: 10.1177/0193945917705376

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female form of label: a-má
male form of label: avi
kinship equivalent in SPARQL at Wikidata: ?person (wdt:P22|wdt:P25)/(wdt:P22|wdt:P25) ?relative
Commons category: Grandparents
Wikidata usage instructions: Выкарыстоўвайце Q9238344 (дзядуля) ці Q9235758 (бабуля) для пазначэння полу

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Contents

Titles
Great-grandparents and beyond
Etymology
Variation
Involvement in childcare
Types
Impact
On grandchildren
On grandparents
Cultural comparisons
In United States
In France
In Switzerland
See also
References
Bibliography
Further reading
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thumb| The Favorite – Grandfather and Grandson, by Georgios Jakobides (1890)

Grandparents, individually known as grandmother and grandfather, or Grandma and Grandpa, are the parents of a person's father or mother – paternal or maternal. Every sexually reproducing living organism who is not a genetic chimera has a maximum of 4 genetic grandparents, 8 genetic great-grandparents, 16 genetic great-great-grandparents, 32 genetic great-great-great-grandparents, 64 genetic great-great-great-great-grandparents, etc. In the history of modern humanity, around 30,000 years ago, the number of modern humans who lived to be a grandparent increased. It is not known for certain what spurred this increase in longevity, but it is generally believed that a key consequence of three generations being alive together was the preservation of information which could otherwise have been lost; an example of this important information might have been where to find water in times of drought.