Smoking-related heart disease runs in my family. My grandfather and great-grandfather died in their early 40s. — Chloe Madeley Copy Share Image
My family is all from the Southwest. My great-great-grandfather was at the Battle of San Jacinto with Sam Houston. — Sam Elliott Copy Share Image
“So that means you are almost old enough to be my grandfather." Raj laughed, Your great, great, grandfather, more likely, but whose… — D.B. Reynolds Copy Share Image
My great-great-grandfather lived to age 28, my immigrant great-grandfather Pedro Gotiaoco died at 66, my grandfather was 68, and my father died at 34. — John Gokongwei Copy Share Image
“From my Great-grandfather, not to have frequented public schools, and to have had good teachers at home, and to know that on… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
My father, John, ran the Dowd Insurance Co. in town, which was started by his great-grandfather. My mother, Dolores, was a homemaker… — Ann Dowd Copy Share Image
My ancestry is really weird, because my great grandfather was from the Cayman Islands, and then his father was from England. But… — Carlos Mencia Copy Share Image
What I am is a father, a grandfather, a great grandfather, and an artist. I am a man who loves his people… — Leonard Peltier Copy Share Image
My mother, twenty-two, was Harriet Gautier Brooks, named for her paternal grandmother, but always called Hallie. My father, twenty-six, was Albert Horton… — Horton Foote Copy Share Image
My dad grew up really poor in Mississippi. I paid attention to that because I thought that's a healthier thing to pay… — Anderson Cooper Copy Share Image
My great, great grandfather, Michael O'Hanson, fled the impending potato famine of Ireland and arrived in America in the early 1840s with… — Hamza Yusuf Copy Share Image
I promise you: No American whose great-grandfather was born here is watching soccer. One can only hope that, in addition to learning… — Ann Coulter Copy Share Image
In 1881, my dad's grandparents, who were Norwegian farmers, immigrated to the United States - the same year my great grandfather from… — Deb Haaland Copy Share Image
My great-grandfather, Peter O'Hara, was born in Ireland, I believe, in County Clare. His father, my great-great-grandfather, had actually come to America… — Kelli O'Hara Copy Share Image
Well, let me tell you something, Caveman. You are here on account of one person. If it wasn't for that person, you… — Louis Sachar Copy Share Image
I remember the words of my grandmother who died at 102. I remember my great mother, Grand Brika, who died at the… — John Kani Copy Share Image
Grandchildren don't stay young forever, which is good because Pop-pops have only so many horsey rides in them. — Gene Perret Copy Share Image
My uncles, grandfather and great grandfather have all been active in politics at some point or the other. So probably I am… — Mimi Chakraborty Copy Share Image
Dancing begets warmth, which is the parent of wantonness. It is, Sir, the great grandfather of cuckoldom. — Henry Fielding Copy Share Image
“According to tradition, my great-grandfather married early, at 14, with a woman six years older. It was considered to be one of… — Jung Chang Copy Share Image
It's in my blood. My great-grandfather made wine and it's a tradition I want to pass on to my son. — Maynard James Keenan Copy Share Image
A peculiarity of the American historical sensibility allows us to be proud of great-grandfathers (or even grandfathers) who lived in crushing poverty,… — Patricia Hampl Copy Share Image
People can't believe how hard I work… I love it. I think it just runs through my veins. My great-grandfather was a… — Paris Hilton Copy Share Image
I haven't done any genealogical exploring myself, though members of my family and also of my husband's family have traced things back.… — Kim Edwards Copy Share Image
My great grandfather used to say to his wife, my great-grandmother, who in turn told her daughter, my grandmother, who repeated it… — Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Copy Share Image
My great-grandfather started in the coal mines, and my great grandmother made 10 pounds of bread every Saturday morning that we delivered… — Heather Bresch Copy Share Image
My own great-grandfather suffered so much from asthma that he had to walk a mile or two behind the covered wagons crossing… — Joseph B. Wirthlin Copy Share Image
There they lived on, those New England people, farmer lives, father and grandfather and great-grandfather, on and on without noise, keeping up… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
My great-grandfather was a kola nut trader and the richest man in West Africa at the time of his death. My father… — Aliko Dangote Copy Share Image
The most precious research to me came from the paperwork filed on behalf of my grandparents and great-grandfather. The ship's manifest showed… — Adriana Trigiani Copy Share Image
My maternal great-grandfather Don Juan del Gallego was a Spanish adventurer from Asturias, Spain. He sailed on a galleon ship to the… — Heart Evangelista Copy Share Image
I’ve never cheated on a lover. I’m faithful, always. But the war comes before anyone’s feelings. Every time.” Wow. Battle before love.… — Gena Showalter Copy Share Image
The latter. She had a good run, Sook said, doing a little shrug. It was his usual response to death at Mapleshade,… — Lisa Lutz Copy Share Image
I’m sorry, you just remind me of someone. (Rose) Old boyfriend? (Gallagher) No, my great-grandfather. (Rose) That’s not particularly flattering. I thought… — Sherrilyn Kenyon Copy Share Image
The family story tells, and it was told true, of my great-grandfather who begat eight genius children and bought twelve almost new… — Anne Sexton Copy Share Image
I have a great-great-great-grandfather who was a Confederate cavalry colonel, and I still have his military composite photo on my wall. The… — Anson Mount Copy Share Image
My great-grandfather Melvin had been a carpenter - so was my father - and they taught me the value of tools: saws,… — Yusef Komunyakaa Copy Share Image
My family joins me in sharing the difficult news that Gerald Ford, our beloved husband, father, grandfather and great grandfather has passed… — Betty Ford Copy Share Image
I'm such an odd mix of things. My grandfather was Indian: I've got more family living in India than I do in… — Sebastian Coe Copy Share Image
“The way I see it," King said, "your great-grandfather fought and died because he believed my great-grandfather should stay a slave. I'm… — Tony Horwitz Copy Share Image
