From its astonishing riches emerge not only the records of one's immigrant grandparents but the documents and images that produce books and telecasts about this country.
And there we stood, under the portal, exchanging stories of our immigrant grandparents' lives.
In many families with immigrant grandparents or great-grandparents, the emphasis is on ethnic roots.
Unfamiliar wine sources, perhaps, but well-known to generations of Americans whose immigrant grandparents and great-grandparents were born there.
After her parents separated in 1935, she was raised in Baltimore, Maryland, by her mother and immigrant maternal grandparents.
But these flesh-and-blood episodes were prosaic, whereas watching the shadows was like turning the pages of an old scrapbook kept by someone's immigrant grandparents.
His father left at an early age and Valenti was raised by his mother and Italian immigrant maternal grandparents.
There are families with immigrant grandparents who speak primarily their native language and some of the new country's language.
An Immigrant Story Many grandparents are uninformed, but immigrant grandparents may have it worse.
I was raised in Flatbush by Italian immigrant grandparents.