Of Grandparents and great-grandparents
Hello everyone, The word 'grandparents' for every adult usually invokes fond memories of their unconditional love and attachment. Normally, one has 2 sets of grandparents, 4 sets of great grand parents, 8 sets of great-great grandparents and so on. In Tamil, we address grandpa as thatha, great grand father as 'kollu thatha' , great - great grand father as ' ellu thatha'. The tree starts from parents and spreads out in multiples of 2. It is easy for us to know that there are 2 grandparents for anyone, as we would have seen and interacted with them during our childhood. But to imagine that one has 4 great- grandparents becomes a tad difficult. Depending upon the seniority of a child in a family, one can consider lucky if he/she gets to meet at least 1 or 2 of the great grandparents. ...