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12A character, generally the main character and a child or minor in age, is shown to have missing, dead or otherwise absent parents. Because there is still the need for an adult figure around, the character's grandparents fill in the void. Generally, there are no aunts or uncles in the picture. If there are, that's {{Nephewism}}.
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14The child may feature as a HeartwarmingOrphan. When using this trope would interfere with the plot, you often get a WorldOfNoGrandparents. If the parents are dead, then obviously the grandparents are a case of OutlivingOnesOffspring.
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16[[TruthInTelevision This happens in real life as well.]] FamilyRelationshipSwitcheroo commonly involves a cover-up of this situation, when the child is raised by grandparents but is made to believe them to be their real parents, in order to avoid admitting that their "sibling"-but-really-parent conceived them outside wedlock.
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24* Kaoru Hanabishi from ''Manga/AiYoriAoshi''. Unluckily for him, the trope comes with [[AbusiveParents abusive grandparents]].
25* ''Manga/AttackOnTitan'' features a SelfMadeOrphan case of this with [[spoiler:Zeke Yeager, who, at the age of seven, [[BetrayalByOffspring turned his parents]] Grisha and Dina over to the government for being part of LaResistance. Zeke realised that his parents and their friends were about to be found out by the government and he decided it was better to turn them in so that he and his grandparents could be safe. 22 years later, his grandparents are still alive, although as Zeke's apparent betrayal of his homeland Marley has been found out, it's unknown if they'll be spared.]]
26* ''Manga/AyakashiTriangle'': Matsuri is fifteen and has lived with just his grandfather Seigen since he was seven, when his mother Matoi moved to Tokyo for work. She wanted to take Matsuri with her, but he preferred to stay in Omiko with [[OnlyFriend Suzu]] and his grandfather. Eventually, Matoi comes back to town, but only on a temporary basis for a mission, and decides she'd rather stay at a hotel than her family's house.
27* In the manga ''Manga/BabyAndMe,'' one of Takuya's classmates claims to live with her grandparents because her father and mother are famous and are overseas. [[spoiler:Actually, it turns out that her grandparents are really her ''parents,'' and she's embarrassed about the fact, so she lies.]]
28* ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'':
29** Yasutora "Chad" Sado. Chad's parents died when he was a little boy, so he spent a good part of his life under the watch of a Mexican CoolOldGuy named Oscar Joaquin de la Rosa, whom he referred to as "abuelo" (Spanish for "grandfather"); it's not fully known if the "Abuelo" was his real grandpa, a distant relative or a mere family friend, but Chad considered him as his gramps for all that was worth.
30** Same goes to Toshiro Hitsugaya and Momo Hinamori, raised together in Rukongai by an old lady whom they both called grandmother.
31* When first introduced, Yukito Tsukishiro from ''Manga/CardcaptorSakura'', though as they're often said to be out of town, his grandparents are never seen. [[spoiler:As Yukito is the "false form" of the magical being Yue, most of his background is actually false memories, including his grandparents. ''They simply don't exist''.]]
32* Ushio from ''VisualNovel/{{Clannad}}'' lives with her grandparents until she's five years old, because [[spoiler:Tomoya sees her as a reminder of his wife Nagisa, who died giving birth to her, and can't handle the depression. Once she's five, however, they start rekindling their bond.]] This is averted in [[spoiler:the altered universe as shown in the final episode, since without Nagisa dying not only does Tomoya never fall into depression but Ushio also has a living mother.]]
33* Played with in ''Anime/FutureBoyConan'': Conan grew up on a remote island with a man he ''calls'' "grandpa", as his parents had died when he was young. However, it's all but stated the ([[UnnamedParent unnamed]]) man is unrelated, and just happened to be the last survivor of the shipwrecked crew Conan's parents came from.
34* Sandra was raised by her maternal grandmother in ''Manga/ACruelGodReigns''.
35* In ''Manga/{{Dandadan}}'', Momo Ayase was raised by her grandmother, who [[MumLooksLikeASister looks like she could be her sister]].
36* Renton in ''Anime/EurekaSeven'' was raised by his grandfather after his mother [[DeathByChildbirth died in childbirth]] and his father Adrock sacrificed himself during the New Era Summer of Love when Renton was a young child. His uncle appears in one episode, however.
37* NiceGuy Panther from ''Manga/Eyeshield21'' was raised by his grandmother whom had given him his treasured sweatband. She was also the one who provided him the money with her own savings to go to Japan. He desired to join the NFL so his grandmother would no longer have to work.
38* Pinako Rockbell of ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist'' raised her granddaughter, Winry, after the murder of the young girl's parents. This was immediately after the death of the mother of two neighborhood boys (prior in the [[Anime/FullmetalAlchemist2003 2003 adaptation]]), Ed and Al Elric, and she ended up with all three. She seems to have done a good job, as all three are prodigies in their respective scientific fields.
39* In ''Manga/FushigiYuugiGenbuKaiden'' [[spoiler: Firuka and Haagasu's]] ''great''-grandson is raised by Limdo to become the next emperor, because he has no heir of his own.
40* Suzu from ''Manga/GohanNoOtomo'' lives with her grandmother instead of her parents, and her childhood flashback shows that she's been with them since at least grade school. Her childhood friend Dai describes her as a Grandpa's Girl (instead of a DaddysGirl), and she describes that he used to take her for various excursions. Nothing is ever said of her parents.
41* Ryou of ''Manga/GourmetGirlGraffiti'' have been living with her grandmother since her parents started working overseas six years ago.
42* ''Manga/{{Haikyuu}}'':
43** In the flashback chapter 387 of the manga [[spoiler: Kageyama Tobio and his older sister Miwa are shown to mainly have been taken care of and mentored by their grandfather Kazuyo. Their [[InvisibleParents parents are mentioned but never seen on screen]] despite the chapter pretty much showing Tobio's entire childhood. Kazuyo and Tobio shared a particularly close bond because of their shared interest in volleyball and the fact that Tobio [[FriendlessBackground had trouble connecting to anyone else.]] Kazuyo's death when Tobio was in middle school affected him greatly.]]
44** Nishinoya Yū was raised by his grandfather Mineo who taught him how to get over his fears and be more confident.
45** Kita Shinsuke, likewise, is shown to be closest to his grandmother with no mention of his parents.
46* ''Manga/GrannyGirlHinataChan'': Sadao, Hinata's grandson in her past life, lived with his grandmother until her passing, and is not shown to have other family. In the present day, Hinata, reincarnated as a little girl but retaining her old life's memories, seems singularly focused on meeting with Sadao with no thought to Sadao's parents, who would be her own child and child-in-law.
47* Takeshi Sendoh from ''Manga/HajimeNoIppo''. His mother died shortly after he was born (''maybe'' [[DeathByChildbirth because of childbirth]], but it's not specified), his father was a firefighter who died in the line of duty when Sendoh was around five years old. Hence why he was raised by his widowed grandmother, the owner of a small shop in Osaka's ward of Naniwa.
48* Shinobu Iijyuin from ''Manga/HaikaraSanGaTooru'', since his father is a very high ranked military man stationed abroad [[spoiler: and his mother was a German noblewoman who never was accepted by Japanese society, so she had to leave baby!Shinobu with the Iijyuin clan.]]
49* Lunlun from ''Anime/HanaNoKoLunlun'', since [[spoiler: mom [[DeathByChildbirth died in childbirth]] and dad followed five years later.]] Also some of the people she helps, like a Spanish girl named Isabel and a Moroccan boy named Sayid.
50* ''Webcomic/HetaliaAxisPowers'':
51** In the original ''Gakuen Hetalia'', Seychelles mentions that she used to live with an old man she referred to as "grandfather". Since she's a nation-tan, it's highly doubtful they're 100% relatives.
52** Also, the young Italies used to live with their grandfather Ancient Rome until his "death", then were taken in either by Austria and Hungary (Chibitalia) or Spain (Chibimano).
53* ''Manga/IWantYourMotherToBeWithMe'' combines this with {{Nephewism}} for Haruka. Both her parents are working overseas, so they asked her paternal grandparents to take care of her. Since he's still living with them, Haruka's uncle Ryo also becomes a ParentalSubstitute.
54* The titular character Izetta from ''Anime/IzettaTheLastWitch'' was raised by her grandmother prior to the beginning of the series.
55* Joseph Joestar in ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'' was raised by his grandmother Erina, since his father George II died in the [[UsefulNotes/WW1 Great War]] and his mother [[spoiler: Lisa Lisa]] had to go on the lam for killing a British military officer [[spoiler: who was actually a zombie minion of Dio Brando in disguise, and the real killer of George II]].
56* Yuji from ''Manga/JujutsuKaisen'' was raised by his grandfather, who dies in the beginning of the story. When his grandfather tries to speak about his parents on his deathbed, Yuji refuses to listen.
57* Miu in ''Manga/KenichiTheMightiestDisciple'' was raised by her grandfather Hayato.
58* In ''Manga/KotouraSan'', after Haruka was [[IHaveNoSon disowned]] by her parents, it was implied she was raised by her grandfather Zenzou.
59* Link is raised by his grandparents in the [[Manga/TheLegendOfZeldaAkiraHimekawa manga adaptations]] of ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOracleGames''.
60* This is the reason why Keitaro from ''Manga/LoveHina'' calls his first cousin Haruka "aunt". Her parents died when she was young and Grandma Hina adopted her, meaning that she is simultaneously Keitaro's first cousin and his aunt.
61* In ''Manga/{{Mao}}'', Nanoka has been raised by her grandfather and his housekeeper ever since her parents were killed in a car accident when she was seven.
62* ''Manga/MyDressUpDarling'': Male lead Wakana Gojo is raised by his Grandfather, a traditional dollmaker, due to his parents passing away when he was young.
63* Arika Yumemiya from ''Anime/MyOtome'', and Grandma's sayings are quoted throughout the show.
64* ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'' is mostly a WorldOfNoGrandparents, but there are a few who were raised by them:
65** According to a guidebook, Konohamaru's parents are busy ANBU, thus leaving him the care of his grandfather Sarutobi.
66** Sasori ended up being raised by his grandmother Chiyo after his parents were killed in battle [[spoiler: by Kakashi's father Sakumo]] when he was 6.
67* In ''Manga/NegimaMagisterNegiMagi'', Yue Ayase only mentions her (deceased) dear grandfather, and never talks about her parents, hinting at this trope. When he passed away two years prior to the start of the story, Yue figured the world was a meaningless place... until Nodoka befriended her.
68* In ''Manga/OnePiece'', Luffy and Ace were raised by their grandfather, [[spoiler:Vice-Admiral Garp]]. Subverted in [[spoiler:Ace's]] case that [[spoiler:Garp isn't Ace's grandpa by blood, but actually adopted him upon the request of Ace's biological father. Garp still considers his grandson anyway, even if adopted.]]
69* Mei from ''Anime/OneStormyNight'' is raised by his grandmother, as his biological mother was killed protecting him from Giro and his pack of wolves in the prologue.
70* Misaki from ''Manga/OnlyTheFlowerKnows'' was raised by his grandfather after his parents died in accident... for a few years, until ''he'' died, too. Then he's left in [[SexyMentor Kawabata's]] care, which doesn't really end well.
71* [[spoiler: Mario and Masako Natsume]] from ''Anime/{{Penguindrum}}''. [[spoiler: Unfortunately, they also were victims of their grandfather's abuse.]]
72* ''Anime/PrettyCure'':
73** In ''Anime/FutariWaPrettyCure'', because her parents are always away doing business, Honoka's primary caretaker is her grandmother Sanae.
74** ''Anime/YesPrettyCure5'': Because her mother passed when she was little, Urara is being raised by her father and grandfather.
75** Tsubomi in ''Anime/HeartcatchPrettyCure'' was raised by her grandmother while her parents were constantly on business trips. This came to a screeching halt 13 years later when she had an emotional breakdown at just the right time, prompting her parents to stop their trips and make up for all of the lost time.
76** In ''Anime/DokiDokiPrecure'' Aguri was found as a baby in the woods by an elderly woman, who decided to raise her as her granddaughter.
77** In ''Anime/HirogaruSkyPrettyCure'', Mashiro lives with her grandmother Yoyo because, like Tsubomi, her parents are always away on business trips.
78* In ''Manga/PrivateActress'', Shiho Kobayakawa was initially raised by her maternal grandmother. The lady died of a heart attack some time later, [[spoiler: after a huge fight with Shiho. [[NeverGotToSayGoodbye Shiho herself is still]] [[PartingWordsRegret very remorseful for this]].]]
79* Rei/Mars from ''Franchise/SailorMoon'' is raised by her maternal grandfather after her mom dies. In [[Manga/SailorMoon the Manga]] and [[Series/PrettyGuardianSailorMoon Live action]], her father Takashi is still around but she refuses to have anything to do with him [[spoiler: because of his cold treatment of her ailing mother Risa, not visiting her a single time until her death]]; he isn't mentioned in the [[Anime/SailorMoon anime]]. Her grandfather isn't mentioned in the live action (nor anyone else she may be living with) thus not using this trope.
80* Yoh's grandparents, Kinu and Yohmei, in ''Manga/ShamanKing''.
81* Takuto, the main character of ''Anime/StarDriver'' was raised by his grandfather who also taught him the art of DualWielding swordfighting and how to use his Cybody. It seems like his mother left her son with Icaro at an extremely early age, as Takuto only knows what she looks like from one single photo. The female protagonist, Wako, also seems to have been raised by her grandmother alone, although we never get to hear what actually happened with her parents.
82* In [[Creator/{{Madhouse}} the first two seasons]] of the anime ''Anime/{{Stitch}}'', Yuna is raised by her grandmother due to her mother being deceased and her father working away from home. Averted in [[Creator/ShinEiAnimation the third season]], though, where she and Stitch move to a city and live with her older cousin instead.
83* Since Kotetsu Kaburagi from ''Anime/TigerAndBunny'' can't properly raise his daughter Kaede due to his superhero role and Kaede's mother Tomoe died of illness years ago, Kaede lives with her paternal grandmother (and her uncle Muramasa aka Kotetsu's older brother) instead and has no idea about his SecretIdentity [[spoiler: until the second half of the series.]]
84* ''Manga/{{Totsugami}}'': Tasaku was raised by his grandmother at a young age due to the death of his parents.
85* Yugi's grandfather in ''Anime/YuGiOh''. He does have a mother, but she rarely appears (and her only appearance in the anime was cut out of the dub). Rebecca Hawkins also only has a grandfather, and her parents are not mentioned.
86* Saku "[[InSeriesNickname Loli]]" Momoi from ''Manga/WastefulDaysOfHighSchoolGirls'' does this ''by choice''. Early in her life, she refused to abandon her grandma when her parents moved overseas. Her grandma is by far the most important person in her life, and she ''adores her'' to no end.
87-->''My grandma is my pride and joy!''
88* ''Franchise/YuGiOh'': ParentalAbandonment is quite common in this franchise, but that doesn't mean their entire families are gone.
89** ''Anime/YuGiOh'': While both of Yugi's parents are alive, his father is never seen, and his mother rarely if ever shows up, to the point she is completely absent from the English dub (her manga scenes can also be counted on one's hands). As a result you'll be forgiven to think that Yugi's only relative is his grandfather.
90** ''Anime/YuGiOhZexal'': Yuma and his older sister Akari had to be raised by their grandmother after both their parents were mysteriously missing. This heavily impacts their family dynamic as Akari is overprotective of Yuma because of her father's request to look after him while their grandmother insists to be supportive of him instead.
91** ''Anime/YuGiOhVRAINS'': Takeru had to be raised by his grandparents after his parents died in a car accident looking for him after his kidnapping. This happened when he was five. He mentions that his grandfather owns a dojo, so he built quite the hand-to-hand fighting skills.
92* In ''Anime/YuriOnIce'', Yuri "Yurio" Plisetsky is strongly implied to have been raised by his grandfather Nikolai. As said previously, this seems to be pretty common in Russian society.
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96* In ''Animation/NoonboryAndTheSuper7'', Noonbory is in the ([[FreeRangeChildren sort-of]]) care of his grandfather, Hanubi, and his parents are never mentioned.
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100* Creator/ChrisRock discusses this in his special ''Bigger and Blacker''. He says that "if a kid calls his grandmama 'Mommy' and his mama 'Pam', he's going to jail".
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104* ''Franchise/{{Batman}}'';
105** Villain Dr. Jonathan Crane a.k.a. The Scarecrow was raised by his great-grandmother. [[GruesomeGrandparent She was not a pleasant woman]] and it did not turn out well.
106** The same goes for Humphrey Dumpler, a.k.a. Humpty Dumpty. Befitting his nickname, he cut her apart and tried to put her back together again to "fix" her. He sewed her up with shoe strings.
107** Damian Wayne was partly raised by his grandfather, Ra's al Ghul, though his mother was also present.
108* [[StraightGay Billy]] of ''ComicBook/BuffyTheVampireSlayer Season 9'' who is being raised by his grandmother because his parents kicked him out when he came out to them.
109* Bobby Harper, the only girl in the Newsboy Legion, was raised by her grandmother Mary until Mary's death. Her [[ComicBook/{{Guardian}} great-uncle's clone]] was able to wrangle custody of her in ''ComicBook/GuardiansOfMetropolis'' after the government handed her off to an orphanage that was secretly funneling children to the killing fields of [[ComicBook/NewGods Apokolips]].
110* In one continuity, ''ComicBook/LegionOfSuperHeroes'' Luornu Durgo (Triad/Triplicate Girl/Duo Damsel) was raised by her grandmother, until she died and Luornu was sent to a mental hospital, due to her three selves not being emotionally identical. The grandmother was like this, as well, though she didn't reveal it to Luornu until shortly before she died.
111* ''ComicBook/{{Shazam}}'''s Freddy Freeman, aka Captain Marvel Jr., was raised by his grandfather from the time his parents died until Grandpa Freeman was killed by Captain Nazi.
112* ''ComicBook/SpiderMan'': Peter Parker was raised by Uncle Ben and Aunt May, after Richard and Mary Parker were killed by the communist Red Skull.
113* ''ComicBook/StrontiumDog'': Middenface [=McNulty=] was raised by his gran, a [[NeverMessWithGranny tough old biddy]] in the best Glaswegian tradition.
114* ''Franchise/WonderWoman'' [[ComicBook/WonderWoman1942 Vol 1]]: The Heyday triplets were raised by their grandmother after their parents' deaths.
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118* The titular ComicStrip/{{Agnes}} is living with her Granma. WordOfGod implies that her parents abandoned her, saying, "Granma unselfishly stepped up to the plate."
119* In ''ComicStrip/GrandAvenue'', Michael and Gabby are being raised by their grandmother Kate, with their parents never so much as mentioned.
120* ''ComicStrip/{{Heathcliff}}'': Iggy Nutmeg, Heathcliff's owner, lives with his grandparents. We don't know anything of his parents.
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124* ''Fanfic/CodeGeassThePreparedRebellion'' has Milly Ashford, who was raised by a combination of her grandfather and an old nursemaid. She didn't meet her parents until she was five, and disliked them both almost immediately.
125* ''Webcomic/HetaliaAxisPowers'' fanfic ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11886910/1/Gankona-Unnachgiebig-Unità Gankona, Unnachgiebig, Unità]]'': Like in canon, Italy was raised by Grandpa Rome and traveled with him until he died. [[spoiler:Grandpa Rome is so close to Italy and Romano that during their [[{{Polyamory}} respective]] [[{{Tsundere}} weddings]], he came down from heaven to congratulate and celebrate with them.]]
126* ''Fanfic/GymLeaderWiki'': Cousins Clair and Lance were raised by their grandmother growing up. This led to a SiblingRivalry-like [[ClashingCousins bond]] between the two that has lasted into adulthood.
127* In ''Fanfic/HerMax'', this is subverted. Social Services thought that Max and Ruby would be raised by their grandmother, but their grandmother has a hands-off approach. She lives separately and only occasionally visits to supervise then.
128* In ''Fanfic/{{Lost}}'', it's mentioned that Gary and his older sister May were raised by their grandfather Samuel after their parents died in a car crash.
129* In ''Fanfic/MyLittlePumpkin'', Gary and May have been in the custody of their grandfather Samuel Oak ever since their parents died two years ago.
130* ''Fanfic/PokemonResetBloodlines'': Gary was raised by his grandfather, after his parents die in an accident, though Professor Oak also had some help from Daisy [[PromotionToParent who took over the role as the maternal figure]].
131* In ''Fanfic/TheRacketRotterChronicles'', Harwood tells Annette that his maternal grandparents raised him, much to her surprise. [[spoiler: This is because his parents were murdered when he was a child.]]
132* ''[[Fanfic/TheUltimateEvil The Stronger Evil]]'': In this ''WesternAnimation/JackieChanAdventures'' fanfiction, it's revealed that after Drago's human mother died when he was a child, his [[spoiler:paternal]] grandfather, [[spoiler:the demon Typhon]], apparently stepped in to rear him.
133* ''Fanfic/TheirBond'': Impa was raised by her maternal grandmother Impaz after the death of her parents.
134* ''Fanfic/WithGraceAndElegance'': When Social Services establishes that Ranma needs to be taken away from his parents, his mother Nodoka decides to call her estranged mother and ask for her to become the teen's new guardian. Ranma quickly grows fond of his grandmother since she's a the best parental figure he ever had.
135* ''Fanfic/TheWoundsStillBleeding'' explains Obito's lack of mentioning his parents as being due to this. Obito is an orphan raised by his grandmother.
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139* In ''WesternAnimation/AtlantisTheLostEmpire'', Milo Thatch was raised by his late grandfather, Thaddeus (who was best friends with Preston Whitmore, as it turns out), because his parents were both killed in a railway accident.
140* In ''WesternAnimation/BarbieInAMermaidTale'', Merliah is raised by her human grandfather as it was initially thought that she had been born completely human like her father (as she had legs instead of fins at the time) while her mother was a mermaid but this turns out not to be the case when she's much older.
141* In ''WesternAnimation/BarbieInTheNutcracker'', Franchise/{{Barbie}} explains in the OpeningNarration that Clara and her [[AnnoyingYoungerSibling little brother Tommy]] have been raised by their grandfather Drosselmeyer since their parents died.
142* In ''WesternAnimation/TheBookOfLife'', a line from a young Manolo implies that after Joaquin's father died and his mother left, his grandmother raised him.
143* Possibly [[TheWatson Wybie]] in ''WesternAnimation/{{Coraline}}'' -- it's not spelled out, but we repeatedly hear his grandmother call him home and learn about her past with no mention of his parents.
144* In ''WesternAnimation/TheLandBeforeTime'', Littlefoot is raised by his grandparents during the sequels, which the end of the first movie implied pretty clearly.
145* In ''WesternAnimation/RapsittieStreetKidsBelieveInSanta'', protagonist Ricky is raised by his great-grandma after [[MissingMom "the angels took" his mom]] ([[DisappearedDad his father is never referenced]]).
146* In ''Anime/YourName'', Mitsuha and Yotsuha are raised by their maternal grandmother Hitoha after their mother's death and what it does to their father.
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150* In ''Film/BackToTheFuturePartII'', Biff Tannen was raised by his grandmother Gertrude when he was growing up. When Marty was tracking Biff in 1955, he wasn't sure he found the right place, even though she was the only Tannen listed in the phone book. [[TheVoice The audience doesn't actually see her onscreen, we only her voice]], with Biff being easily irritated by her.
151* Subverted in ''Film/{{Caged}}''. The protagonist has a baby in prison and, with her husband and his parents dead, the only person who can have him is her mother. However, her mother's husband doesn't want a baby and her mother relies on the husband too much financially to leave him. As a result, the baby gets given up for adoption.
152* Actually ''subverted'' in ''Film/CaptainAmericaCivilWar'' as Tony Stark expects that Aunt May is a kindly old grandma but finds her to be smoking hot. (Being played by Marisa Tomei helps.) It makes things awkward as he calls her "Aunt Hottie" when speaking to Peter.
153* In the film version of ''Film/CrazyRichAsians'', this was invoked by Eleanor, who chose to allow her mother-in-law to raise Nick. Nick himself explains to Rachel that this is because Eleanor knew that she was not seen as worthy of her husband's family, so she allowed her mother-in-law to raise Nick so he would be considered the favourite and heir apparent to the FamilyBusiness.
154* ''Film/{{Dragonworld}}'': John is raised by his grandfather after his parents die in a car crash.
155* ''Film/EnterTheVoid'': Deconstructed. It is implied that, after the car crash that killed their parents, Oscar and Linda are initially being taken care of by their (paternal?) grandparents; but since they're just too old to take care of kids any longer, Oscar and Linda are forcibly split up and moved into different foster families.
156* ''Film/GrandmothersHouse'': David and Lynn's situation in the movie. After their father's funeral, they're taken to California to live with their grandparents.
157* In ''Film/TheGrizzlies'', Inuit student Adam lives and hunts with his grandparents, and it is implied that his parents were heavily affected by their experience in [[BoardingSchoolofHorrors residential schools]].
158* ''Film/HappyGilmore'': Happy was raised by his grandmother after his dad died and his mom moved to Egypt.
159* In ''Film/TheHuntForRedOctober'' Captain Marko Ramius was raised by his paternal grandfather, a fisherman who taught him to fish.
160* ''Film/IRobot'': Spooner was raised by his grandmother Gigi (what became of his parents isn't said) who still worries about and dotes on him in the present.
161* ''Film/JurassicWorldFallenKingdom'': Maisie Lockwood lives with her grandfather, Benjamin, after her parents' deaths. [[spoiler:It's later revealed that Maisie is actually a clone of Benjamin's daughter [[HalfHumanHybrid mixed with some dinosaur DNA]].]]
162* Caroline in ''Film/KidDetective2020'' lost her parents when she was young and has been raised by her grandparents instead. [[spoiler:Subverted as she's actually adopted and they are not related to her by blood.]]
163* Masao in Takeshi Kitano's ''Film/{{Kikujiro}}'' is a boy who is raised by his grandmother. The plot involves his looking for his estranged mother during the summer vacation (and meeting an oddball surrogate father figure).
164* ''Film/LastNightInSoho'': Elsie (the protagonist) was raised by her maternal grandmother Rita in Redruth, Cornwall after her mother committed suicide when she was 7, until she moved to London to start university.
165* ''Film/TheLastStarfighter'': Maggie's only family seems to be her grandmother.
166* In the MadeForTVMovie ''The Legend of Billie Jean,'' the title character rescues a battered little boy from his alcoholic father and takes him to stay with his grandmother -- much to the relief of the boy's neighborhood friends, who had begged her to save him.
167* In ''Film/LettersToJuliet'', Charlie's parents died when he was young so he was raised by his grandmother, which explains why he was protective of her.
168* ''Film/MenaceIISociety'': Caine was raised by his grandparents after his father (a drug dealer) was shot to death and his mother (a crack fiend) died of an overdose. It's clear that they can't keep him from getting involved in the thug life, and Caine's grandfather eventually evicts him from their home.
169* In ''Film/MidnightCowboy'', flashbacks reveal that Joe's grandmother raised him after his mother abandoned him.
170* The five girls in ''Film/{{Mustang}}'' were raised by their grandmother.
171* ''Film/NurseBetty'': Betty's mother died when she was 12 and her grandparents apparently raised her afterward, as they have her old diary with them.
172* ''Film/SpecialFemaleForce'': Fa was raised by her grandmother after her mother Macy was killed, and part of the reason she has joined the force is to seek revenge on the terrorists who killed her mother.
173* ''Film/Summerland2020'': Edie is brought up by hers, due to her mother being dead and her dad off at war.
174* Luke from ''Film/TheStoryOfLuke'' was raised by his grandparents after his mother left him when he was four.
175* In ''Film/WildRose2018'', Rose-Lynn's mother Marion took care of Rose-Lynn's children while the latter was in prison, and continues to look out for them when Rose-Lynn fails.
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179* In ''Literature/AgentAngel'', Lola’s gran raised her and her four brothers after their mum died.
180* In the ''[[Literature/AmericanGirlsCollection American Girl]]'' historical fiction series, the Victorian-era Samantha is raised by her wealthy grandmother for about five years because her parents died [[spoiler:on a boat. No, not [[UsefulNotes/RMSTitanic that one]].]] (She's later adopted by her aunt and uncle.)
181* It's eventually revealed in ''Literature/TheBabysittersClub'' that, after her mother died when she was still a baby, Mary Anne's father allowed his parents-in-law to raise her for a little while because he was so overwhelmed by his own grief. However, he reclaimed custody when she was still too young to properly remember them, which has (mild) repercussions when she learns the truth.
182* ''Literature/TheBoxcarChildren'': the titular siblings, having lost their parents and lived in a boxcar on their own, wind up being this at the end of the first book (and throughout the rest of the series) when they find out that their grandfather is actually a nice man and not mean as they had previously thought.
183* ''Literature/BrownGirlInTheRing'' 's main character Ti-Jeanne is raised by her grandmother Gros-Jeanne.
184* ''Literature/BruceCovillesBookOf Nightmares II'': ''The Gravekeeper'' revolves around Gabriel, a boy who's sent to live with his grandfather after his parents die. The old man doesn't want him there because it's "the time... of the Gravekeeper", but the social worker doesn't give him a choice. Fortunately, it works out in the end.
185* Giffen "Giff" M.E. Huggs from ''Literature/CatsVsRobots'' was orphaned when his parents dies, and he went to live with his grandfather Gavin "Gaff" N.O. Huggs. As the latter's name implies, he was not a warm person, and drove Giff to [[FreudianExcuse become the man he is today]].
186* ''Literature/TheChangeover'': The male lead, Sorenson Carlisle, was originally raised by foster parents; but after suffering abuse at their hands, he managed to escape to his birth mother and grandmother's dwelling place.
187* In ''Literature/ChildOfTheOwl'', Casey Young's mother died when she was little and her father is first in the hospital and then afterwards is on the run due to gambling debts. This results in Casey having to live with her maternal grandmother in San Francisco's Chinatown (after a period of staying with her Uncle Phil turned out to not work out.)
188* ''Literature/ChocoholicMysteries'':
189** ''Moose Motive'' features Forsythia, or "Sissy", who was raised by her grandmother, Wildflower Hill, after Sissy's parents died when she was ten or eleven.
190** Attempted in the same book by Rupert "Ace" C. Smith III, Sissy's father-in-law, who's accused her of being responsible for his son's death and is in a bitter custody battle with her for his grandson because he feels she's an unfit mother. He eventually realizes he was wrong about her, and gives up the custody fight.
191* In Jack Vance's ''Literature/DemonPrinces'' quintet, young Kirth Gersen is raised by his grandfather Rolf after ''everyone else in their family'' is either enslaved or murdered by the titular villains. Grandpa turns him onto (and trains him for) the path of vengeance.
192* In ''Literature/DoctrineOfLabyrinths'', Corbie was raised by her grandmother, who is implied to have died at some point before she meets Felix and Mildmay. Her parents remain shrouded in mystery as she never gives any information about her mother, and all she knows about her father is that he was probably a Ygressine sailor because she looks almost exactly like the Ygressine people about town.
193* In the backstory of ''Literature/{{Emma}}'', Jane Fairfax was raised by her maternal grandmother and aunt after both of her parents died when she was a little girl.
194* In the fantasy novels of Creator/AlanGarner, the siblings Colin and Susan Whisterfield are initially being cared for by Bess Mossock, the woman who had once been nanny to the childrens' mother. Bess and her husband Gowther effectively become surrogate parents to the children, despite being more of a grandparently age. After an unspecified tragedy - explicitly described in [[Literature/{{Boneland}}the third book of the trilogy]] as death in a plane crash - the Mossocks become, formally, the adoptive parents.
195* In ''Literature/FireAndHemlock'', Polly is raised by her grandmother from around thirteen, after both her mother and father send her away to avoid difficulty with their love interests, leaving Polly stranded and sick in the middle of a strange city. Granny flatly refuses to let Polly's mother take her back even when she offers.
196* The main character in Creator/RobertBloch's ''Floral Tribute'' was raised by his grandmother until the authorities found out that she saw dead people and transferred him to an orphanage.
197* ''Literature/TheFort2022'': Evan and Luke's grandparents took them in after their petty crook parents went to rehab and then abandoned them after being released.
198* In ''Literature/FreakTheMighty'', Max lives with his grandparents, because [[spoiler: his father murdered his mother and is in prison for it.]]
199* At the end of ''Literature/TheGreatGillyHopkins'', the protagonist, a long-time FosterKid, is taken in by her grandmother. She initially resents it because what she wanted was to be reunited with her ''mother'', but eventually accepts her grandmother as a guardian after realizing how much her grandmother actually cares about her (and that [[TearJerker her mother was never]] going to be the parent Gilly craved).
200* ''Literature/HarryPotter'':
201** Neville Longbottom was raised by his ApronMatron grandmother, Augusta, because [[spoiler: the ColdBloodedTorture from Barty Crouch Jr. and the Lestranges drove his parents Frank and Alice mad.]]
202** According to WordOfGod, [[spoiler:Teddy Lupin]] is raised by his grandmother after his parents die in the last book, with a good bit of help from [[spoiler:his godfather, Harry]].
203* ''Literature/{{Heidi}}'' starts when the title character goes to live with her paternal grandfather. Her friend Peter is raised by both his mom ''and'' his blind grandma.
204* In ''Literature/TheHouseOfNight'', due to ParentalAbandonment by both Zoey's mother and father, Grandma Redbird pretty much raised Zoey and continues to help out whenever possible.
205* ''Literature/HowToFlyWithBrokenWings'': Willem lives with his grandmother, Gracie. His mum left, and his dad is never mentioned.
206* Captain Marco Ramius in ''Literature/TheHuntForRedOctober'' was raised by his grandmother since his father was off being the model Soviet hero, something that shamed Marco deeply.
207* Chanelle from ''Literature/IAmJ'' was raised by her grandmother from ten to seventeen after her mother died. She was put into foster care afterwards. She doesn't discuss that period, but it's implied her grandmother was abusive. Chanelle doesn't care to think of her.
208* In the ''Literature/{{Janie}}'' series, Janie Johnson discovers a picture of her younger self on the [[FaceOnAMilkCarton face of a milk carton]], which prompts her parents to reveal that they are not her parents, but her grandparents, and that her real mother is their daughter, Hannah. [[spoiler:This turns out to be a lie Hannah told them to make them accept the "replacement daughter" she kidnapped.]]
209* ''Literature/TheJapaneseLover'': Irina is raised in a Moldavia village by her grandparents Petruta and Costea until the age of twelve, when her mother makes arrangements for her daughter to come live with her and her American husband.
210* Rajput CoolOldLady in ''Literature/{{Kim}}'' by Creator/RudyardKipling took it upon herself, though due to her style it was rather taxing for everyone around as well:
211--> He is wearied, and I forgot, being a grandmother. (None but a grandmother should ever oversee a child. Mothers are only fit for bearing.)
212* ''Literature/TheKaneChronicles'': After her mother died and her father lost her custody, Sadie Kane moved in with her maternal grandparents in London while her brother, Carter, lived from place to place with their father.
213* In Banana Yoshimoto's ''Kitchen'', Mikage Sakurai was raised by her grandmother. The plot starts when Mrs. Sakurai dies and Mikage moves in with a friend of hers, Yuuichi.
214* Laurie lives with his grandfather in ''Literature/LittleWomen'', and at one point notes to himself that they are each all the other has. Laurie's father was Mr. Laurence's son; he, his wife, and Laurie's sister have all died prior to the start of the book.
215* In ''The Long Secret'' (a sequel to ''Literature/HarrietTheSpy''), Beth Ellen Hansen lives with her grandmother.
216* ''Literature/MagnusChaseAndTheGodsOfAsgard'': Sam is raised by her grandparents, since her mother, Ayesha, died when she was very young.
217* In ''Literature/MainStreetSeries'', sisters Flora and Ruby are being raised by their maternal grandmother Min after their parents die in a car accident.
218* In ''Literature/LesMiserables'', Marius Pontmercy's grandfather takes him away from his father after his mother dies by threatening to disinherit him if his father raises him.
219* Peter Hartling's book ''Literature/{{Oma}}'' ("Grandma") is about an CoolOldLady who takes in her 5-year-old grandson Karl aka Kalle after his parents die. They both have to deal with the loss [[spoiler: and with the grandmother's failing health.]]
220* Kenny Wright in ''Literature/PublicSchoolSuperhero'' lives with his grandmother.
221* ''Literature/RabbleStarkey'': For the first eight years of her life, Rabble was raised by her grandmother while her mother, who was fourteen when she gave birth, grew up.
222* In ''Literature/TheSecretHistory'', the twins "Charles and Camilla are orphans […] reared by grandmothers and great-aunts". Francis’s mother had him at age seventeen, "and, as Francis is fond of saying, the grandparents brought them up like brother and sister".
223* In ''Literature/TheSecretOfPlatform13,'' [[NiceGuy Ben]] is raised by his grandmother, Nanny Brown, who was the unwilling accomplice to the villain, [[RichBitch Mrs. Trottle]], when she kidnapped [[SpoiledBrat Raymond]]. [[spoiler:{{Subverted}} because she's not actually his grandmother; Ben is the kid Mrs. Trottle kidnapped, and passed him onto Nanny Brown when she got pregnant with Raymond]].
224* In ''Literature/TheSisterhoodOfTheTravelingPants'', Lena's primary LoveInterest Kostos was raised by his grandparents after his parents died in a car accident when he was a baby.
225* In ''Literature/TheSistersGrimm'', sisters [[BigSisterInstinct Sabrina]] and [[CheerfulChild Daphne]] are rescued from the foster system by their paternal grandmother Relda after their parents [[ParentalAbandonment mysteriously disappear]].
226%%* [[spoiler: Allanah Solo]] in the Franchise/StarWarsExpandedUniverse.
227* ''Literature/{{Stinger}}'': Rick's father deserted the family when he was five and his mother left him with his grandmother and went to pursue a modeling career that devolved into prostitution. She took Rick's three-year-old sister Miranda with her, but early in the book, a sixteen-year-old Miranda shows up in ''Inferno'' to live with Rick and their grandmother after her mother suggested she start prostituting herself as well to earn more money.
228* Corie is being brought up by her maternal grandmother in ''Literature/SummersAtCastleAuburn''.
229* In ''Literature/TheSwordBearer'', John is raised by his maternal grandmother after his mother dies in childbirth. His father is missing [[spoiler:until late in the book, and didn't even know he ''had'' a child.]]
230* In ''Literature/TheTillermanFamilySeries'', [[spoiler:the four Tillerman children end up living with their grandmother]].
231* ''Literature/{{Tinker}}'' and her cousin Oilcan were raised by their grandfather. Tinker spent literally her whole life under his care, as he had her made from his dead son's sperm and a donor egg.
232* In the book ''Literature/{{Tracker}}'' by Gary Paulsen, the protagonist is a thirteen-year-old boy and avid hunter named John Borne. John lives with his grandparents, Clay and Abigail Borne, and his real (deceased) parents are mentioned only once in the entire story.
233* In ''Literature/WiseChild'', the titular Wise Child was raised by her paternal grandmother in her parents' absence (her father is a sailor away at sea and her mother abandoned her). Her grandmother's death at the beginning is what leads to her adoption by Juniper.
234* Nest Freemark in ''Literature/TheWordAndTheVoid'' is raised by her grandparents, since her mother is dead and her father is [[spoiler: an evil demon.]]
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238* It's revealed in the first episode of ''Series/TheATeam'' that Murdock's mother died when he was 5-years-old. His father is never mentioned. He mentions both grandparents on occasion, and it's implied that they may have raised him.
239* In ''Series/AndiMack'', the title character learns that [[spoiler: [[FamilyRelationshipSwitcheroo her "parents" are actually her grandparents and her "older sister" is actually her mother]]]].
240* ''Series/{{Arrow}}'': Oliver Queen's son, William Clayton, who lost his mother in the Lian Yu bombing, decides to move in with his maternal grandparents after a year living with Oliver, because he realizes that his father can never quit vigilantism and settle down with him.
241* ''Series/BarneyAndFriends'': The final verse of the song "My Family's Just Right For Me" is about a boy who is raised by his grandmother.
242* Bernie Shotz of ''Series/{{Bizaardvark}}'' is raised by his overprotective grandmother Roz.
243* Special Agent Seeley Booth from ''Series/{{Bones}}'' was taken from his abusive alcoholic father and raised by his grandfather.
244** It's indicated that Brennan was rescued from foster care by her grandfather, but later info makes things fuzzy about this.
245* Prue, Piper, and Phoebe from ''Series/{{Charmed|1998}}'' were raised by their grandmother after their mother's death and father's abandonment. In one BadFuture, Piper's father stepped in to raise her sons after she was killed in some [[NoodleIncident unspecified event]] during their childhood.
246* Warrick Brown on ''Series/{{CSI}}'' was raised by his grandmother.
247* ''Series/DoctorWho'' started with Susan traveling with her grandfather, the Doctor.
248* ''Series/DonkeyHodie'' is raised by her grandfather, Grampy Hodie, with no parents alluded to or seen in the series.
249* ''Series/HouseOfAnubis'': Nina has been raised by her grandmother since she was a young child due to her parents' deaths in a car crash.
250* Gentarou Kisaragi, a.k.a. ''Series/KamenRiderFourze'' lives with his grandfather in the latter's motor shop [[spoiler:after losing his parents at an early age.]]
251* ''Series/NextOfKin'' begins when the only child of Maggie and Andrew dies in a car crash, leaving them to raise the three children that he left behind.
252* ''Series/OnceUponATime'': Red Riding Hood was raised by her grandmother [[spoiler: after Red's fellow-[[TheBigBadWolf wolf]] mother was killed by hunters. What happened to her father is never mentioned, but given what Red [[IAmAHumanitarian accidentally does to her love interest]], [[FridgeHorror that's probably for the best]]]]. (Naturally, in the cursed Storybrooke, Ruby was also apparently raised by her grandmother.)
253* ''Series/TheOrder'': Jack was raised by his maternal grandfather Pete "Pops" Morton as his mom died from suicide as a result of being raped (which conceived him) while his birth father the rapist didn't know he existed.
254* In ''Series/PowerRangersDinoFury'', Amelia has been raised by her grandfather since her parents disappeared under mysterious circumstances. [[spoiler:{{Subverted}} when it's revealed that he's not her biological grandfather.]]
255* ''Series/PrincessAgents'': Played with. Yuwen Zhuo is actually Yuwen Yue's great-uncle, but he adopted Yuwen Yue and raised him as his grandson.
256* In ''Series/PunkyBrewster'', Cherie's parents both died in a car crash, so she's being raised by her grandmother.
257* In ''Series/RaisingHope'', Jimmy's mother Virginia was raised by her grandparents after her mother abandoned her, but was told that her mother had died. Jimmy also made a will that said that if he were to die, his parents would be first in line to be his daughter Hope's legal guardians. Lucy's parents also kidnap Hope so they can do this, though she is returned by the end of the episode.
258* ''Series/ReservationDogs'': Elora lives with her mean grandmother Mabel because her mother passed away when she was very young, and her birth father wasn't involved.
259* Thalia's character Marimar in the SoapOpera [[RoleCalled of the same name]] was raised by her grandparents in a cute little shack near the sea. [[spoiler: Then they died in a fire.]]
260** This is a pretty standard upbringing in {{Soap Opera}}s, if the hero/heroine is orphaned.
261* Mako/Shinken Pink from ''Series/SamuraiSentaiShinkenger'' was raised by her grandmother. Both her parents are actually still alive, but her mother was crippled in the climactic fight of the last generation and was unable to train her daughter in the family traditions.
262* A plot point in one episode of ''Series/StargateSG1'' is that Daniel's parents died -- in front of him -- when he was eight years old, and his famous anthropologist grandfather ''didn't'' take him in. Adult Daniel is still a little bitter about that.
263* In ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'', after Worf's girlfriend K'Ehlyr dies, the couple's son Alexander, then a young child, is sent to live with Worf's parents. When he's a little older, he comes to live with Worf on the ''Enterprise'', only to be sent ''back'' to his grandparents after the ship is destroyed. Alexander doesn't have a problem with his grandparents per se, but he does come to resent Worf for [[DisappearedDad his absence from Alexander's life]]. In ''Series/StarTrekDeepSpaceNine'', they finally hash out their problems and reconcile.
264* Sookie Stackhouse and her brother Jason in ''Series/TrueBlood'' were raised by their grandmother after their parents died in a flood.
265* In Series/TheVillainsOfValleyView, Hartley was raised by her grandmother, Celia.
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269* ''Music/PeterAndTheWolf'' doesn't mention whether Peter's parents are around or not, but the only parental figure shown is his grandfather.
270* In the Music/SufjanStevens song "Romulus", the narrator and his brother are left in their grandpa's care by their mom, whom they apparently don't see again until Grandpa's funeral many years later.
271* Deconstructed in "I Live with Granny" by Verasy. The protagonist's parents only visit him, his grandparents are old and sick and have to rest most of the day, and, although he has a dog and heaps of toys and candy, he's feeling terribly lonely and unwanted.
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275* Jonantha Sims from ''Podcast/TheMagnusArchives'' talks about being raised by his grandmother in Episode 81, "A Guest for Mr. Spider."
276* Georgie from ''Podcast/WoodenOvercoats'' lives with her Nana and spent several years travelling with her before they arrived in Piffling Vale. Since Georgie's only in her early twenties, she'd have been a teenager and maybe even a child for much of that time, and she outright says she's the only family Nana has. Georgie's parents are never even brought up, so we can infer that she was raised by Nana from a relatively young age.
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280* Hyeon from ''Roleplay/DawnOfANewAgeOldportBlues'' was [[ParentalAbandonment abandoned]] by his birth parents, leading him to be raised by his grandmother, who bestowed upon him her love of rock n' roll. Then she passed away, and Hyeon's cousin instead became his legal guardian.
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284* Eric Donner, a sample character in ''TabletopGame/{{Scion}}'', was raised by his grandfather, as his father (the god Thor) wasn't part of his life and his mother died young from complications from delivering Eric. (It wasn't DeathByChildbirth, as she lived for several years following the birth.)
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288* In the opera ''Königskinder'', the Goose Girl's parents are dead, and she has been raised in the woods by a WickedWitch whom she calls "grandmother" despite most likely being not a blood relative at all.
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292* The hero of ''VideoGame/NineMonkeysOfShaolin'' is raised by his grandfather after losing his parents as a child.
293* In ''VideoGame/AnimalCrossingNewHorizons,'' the "lazy" villager archetype is implied to have been raised by their grandparents. They frequently mention their grandma and her house in their dialogues, with no mention of their parents, and when they talk about visiting their hometowns, they specifically mention their grandmothers.
294* Catherine "Cathy" King of ''VideoGame/CriminalCaseGrimsborough'' is implied to have been raised by her grandfather, Chief Samuel King. No word on where her parents are, or what happened to them.
295* [[GadgeteerGenius Judy Alvarez]] from ''VideoGame/Cyberpunk2077'' reveals that she was raised by her grandparents in her final quest, "Pyramid Song". Her [[DisappearedDad dad]] was "never in the picture" and her [[MissingMom mom]] died when she was very little. She says that she owes her interest in machines and tech to her grandpa, and her temper to her grandma. They're still alive and currently living in Oregon, and Judy states that she still visits them sometimes, so their bond seems to be quite strong. Didn't mean other kids in her neighbourhood didn't tease her about it, though.
296* ''VideoGame/DeadOrAlive'':
297** Gen Fu is fighting to save the life of his granddaughter, whom he raised himself.
298** Played with in the case of Ayane. Nothing is really said about how she was raised initially, though her [[ChildByRape background]] lead to people shunning her. But she ends up adopted by Genra, whom she immediately took well to.
299* Your only guardian in ''VideoGame/DreadTemplar'' is your grandfather, the previous Dread Templar. And then demons from hell kills him, leading to your recruitment into the Templars to avenge his demise while trying to uncover the truth.
300* In ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim'', the young boy Haming goes to live with his grandfather, Froki, after Haming's father/Froki's son is killed during the attack by Alduin in the game's opening.
301* Alex Roivas of ''VideoGame/EternalDarkness'' lost her parents to a car accident; her grandfather Edward raised her until she moved away to go to college in Washington state, though he never told her about their family history before he dies under unusual circumstances, prompting her to return and investigate.
302* In ''VideoGame/FarnhamFables'', Wilford is the grandfather of Wendy, Winona, and William Edison. In Episode 2, while talking with Pastor Luke Howards, he can mention that his grandkids' parents moved to the city, while they chose to stay on the farm with him, which is why he plays a parental role to them.
303* Mai Shiranui from ''VideoGame/FatalFury'' and ''VideoGame/TheKingOfFighters'' is hinted to have lived like this too, since her only mentioned relatives are her grandfather and trainer Hanzou and her dead grandmother. The hairpin that she wears is hinted to be a TragicKeepsake from said grandma. [[spoiler:According to Mai and Takuma's intro conversation in ''KOF XIII'', Hanzou Shiranui recently passed away, leaving the Shiranui school of ninjitsu’s legacy in the hands of Mai and Andy. This implies Mai is the only member of the Shiranui family left.]]
304* ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'':
305** Krile from ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyV'' is taken care of by her grandfather Galuf after her parents' disappearance. In ''VideoGame/DissidiaFinalFantasyOperaOmnia'', Galuf even speaks of her as though she's his own child.
306** Relm of ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyVI''. However, Strago is more of an adopted grandfather (it's not made entirely clear).
307* ''Franchise/FireEmblem'':
308** In ''[[VideoGame/FireEmblemMysteryOfTheEmblem New Mystery of the Emblem]]'', [[HelloInsertNameHere My Unit]] can have various backgrounds chosen by the player, such as being the child of a merchant or a noble house, or perhaps an orphan; however, this simply affects their base stats, and no matter what, circumstances force them to be raised by their grandfather, who trains them from a young age to be an Altean knight.
309** Alm, the hero of ''VideoGame/FireEmblemGaiden'', believes this to be the case at the start of the game, though the villains know that Mycen never had any children and therefore cannot possibly be Alm's biological grandfather. [[spoiler:He's actually the heir to the kingdom of Rigel; King Rudolf asked Mycen to raise him.]]
310** Hugh, from ''VideoGame/FireEmblemTheBindingBlade'' was raised by his grandmother Niime because his parents died young, though she sent him off before the game started and they only reunite through coincidence.
311** Subverted with Lyn from ''VideoGame/FireEmblemTheBlazingBlade'', since she came to live with her grandfather only when she was in her mid-late teens and had been living alone for a bit after her parents (and whole tribe) died.
312** Saleh and Lute from ''VideoGame/FireEmblemTheSacredStones'' were raised by their respective grandmothers. Saleh is an orphan, while Lute's parents are WalkingTheEarth.
313* ''VideoGame/GabrielKnight'': The eponymous character was raised by his paternal grandmother; his parents died when he was still a baby.
314* [[spoiler:[[HalfHumanHybrid Sin Kiske]]]] from ''VideoGame/GuiltyGear'' is raised by his maternal grandfather [[spoiler:Sol Badguy]]. Unusually for this trope, both of his parents are still alive, but since his father ([[spoiler:Ky Kiske]]) is a war hero and [[spoiler: one of the three kings of Illyria]] and his mother ([[spoiler:Dizzy]]) is a PersonOfMassDestruction whose mother ([[spoiler:Sin's]] grandmother) [[spoiler: happens to be one of the [[BigBad Big Bads]] of the setting]], [[SecretRelationship they have to keep their relationship secret from the public]]. As such, [[spoiler: Ky handed him over to Sol]] to avert the potential political fallout. He only realizes [[LukeYouAreMyFather the connection]] in ''Xrd'', much to both [[VitriolicBestBuds his father]] [[BestFriendsInLaw and grandfather's]] [[SkywardScream chagrin]].
315* ''VideoGame/HarvestMoon'':
316** Chloe in ''VideoGame/HarvestMoonTreeOfTranquility'' and ''VideoGame/HarvestMoonAnimalParade'' is raised by her grandfather, Ramsey.
317** In ''VideoGame/HarvestMoonFriendsOfMineralTown'' and the female equivalent, May is raised by her grandfather Barley, though it's suggested in a couple of events that her mother is still alive. Also, Stu is raised by his sister, Elli, who appears to have been raised by their grandmother, Ellen.
318** . In ''VideoGame/HarvestMoon64'' it is mentioned that Elli's parents died when she was little. Her grandmother Ellen had to raise her.
319** In ''VideoGame/StoryOfSeasons2014,'' your GrannyClassic neighbor Eda reminisces about her grandson, whom she and her late husband raised because he wanted to stay on the farm with them instead of moving to the city with the rest of the family. Eventually, however, he grew up and moved away.
320*** Raeger, one of the possible husbands for a female character, has this in his backstory. After his parents divorced, he was brought up by his mother and her father.
321** ''VideoGame/StoryOfSeasonsTrioOfTowns'':
322*** Ludus was raised by his grandmother, Tototara. His parents left Lulukoko several years ago and haven't been back.
323*** Iluka and Siluka are Tototara's [[HappilyAdopted adopted grandchildren]] and were raised by her, after their parents dropped them off in Lulukoko one day and never came back.
324*** Yuzuki was raised by his grandparents, after his parents [[ParentalAbandonment dropped him off there as a baby because of his sickly constitution]].
325* The protagonist of ''VideoGame/HarvestTown'' is implied to have been raised in their grandfather's farm, with no mention of their parents. Likewise, their childhood friend Peach is raised by her grandfather John (who was best friends with the PC's late grandfather) while her parents work in the city.
326* Brent is a young orphan who triggers the hero's BigBrotherInstinct in ''VideoGame/HeroOfTheKingdom: The Lost Tales, Part 1''. He explains to the hero that after his parents died, he was brought up by his grandmother, who was his only relation, and now she's gone too. [[spoiler:The trope is later turned on its head, however, by the revelation that the woman was not his grandmother at all -- and that Brent's not an orphan.]]
327* ''VideoGame/HiddenCity'' has Rayden, who was raised by his grandmother Clarissa after his parents died.
328* ''VideoGame/LaMulana'''s Lemeza Kosugi was raised by his grandfather after his father abandoned him to go looking for the ruins of La-Mulana. Naturally, Lemeza respects his grandpa a lot more than his dad.
329* ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'':
330** While not his biological grandparents (presumably, as they're described as "surrogate mother[s]" but nothing more specific is said), according to ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime'', Ganondorf was raised by the sisters Twinrova, who are far older then him and fit the dynamic nicely.
331** In ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTheMinishCap'', Link lives with his grandfather, the master blacksmith of Hyrule.
332** In ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaTheWindWaker'', Link and his sister Aryll are raised by their grandmother.
333** In ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaALinkBetweenWorlds'', it's implied that the CuteWitch Irene is being brought up by her grandmother, who is the only other witch in the game.
334** In ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild'', Paya is implied to have been raised by her grandmother Impa.
335* ''VideoGame/LifeIsStrangeTrueColors'' has Riley Lethe being raised by her grandmother Eleanor, with no mention of her parents (or grandfather, for that matter). This leads to an extremely close bond between the two, with Eleanor worried about being a burden on Riley [[spoiler:especially after her Alzheimer's diagnosis]]; for her part, Riley [[spoiler:will instantly withdraw from college if she finds out about Eleanor's condition to take care of her.]]
336* Nakmor Drack in ''VideoGame/MassEffectAndromeda'' raised his granddaughter Kesh himself. He prefers not to talk about what happened to Kesh's parents and grandmother.
337* Kainé in ''VideoGame/NieR'' was raised by her grandmother following her parents' deaths.
338* Naoto Shirogane from ''VideoGame/Persona4'' claims "Grandpa" as the main parental figure.
339* ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'':
340** This seems to be the case for Blue and his sister Daisy in ''VideoGame/PokemonRedAndBlue'', as their parents are never brought up, only their grandfather Professor Oak.
341** Hapu from ''VideoGame/PokemonSunAndMoon'' was raised by her grandparents.
342* James, one of the potential {{love interest}}s in ''VideoGame/QueenAtArms'', mentions that he was brought up by his grandfather.
343* In ''VideoGame/RootsOfPacha'', Frer is raised by his grandmother Tetih after his parents went missing. She's overprotective of him, while he wishes that she would stop babying him.
344* Mars in ''VideoGame/ShiningWisdom'' is raised and trained to be a knight by his grandparents after his father (a famous knight) succumbed to the poison inflicted on him in a great battle with a dragon.
345* Maria Robotnik from ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'' was in the custody of her grandfather Gerald Robotnik on a spaceship. Her parents are never referenced. After Maria was killed, Gerald underwent a VillainousBreakdown.
346* Alex in ''VideoGame/StardewValley'' lives with his maternal grandparents, George and Evelyn. If you develop a sufficiently strong bond with him, he explains that [[spoiler:his abusive father walked out on him and his mom, and she died of sickness shortly thereafter]]. Also, Jas lives with her godfather Shane and his aunt Marnie.
347* ''VideoGame/{{Tekken}}'': After his mother disappeared during the attack by Ogre when he was 15, Jin Kazama lived with his grandfather Heihachi Mishima for four years. Unbeknownst to Jin, his father was [[OffingTheOffspring killed by Heihachi]] before Jin was born.
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351* [[BornDetective Kyouko Kirigiri]] in ''VisualNovel/DanganronpaTriggerHappyHavoc'', due to her father walking out from the family of business detective-work. She claims to be glad about that, saying she'd probably never become the GreatDetective she is now (or a detective at all, for that matter) if he'd taken her with him.
352* In ''VisualNovel/LittleBusters'', Kud's mother was a busy cosmonaut, so she was raised primarily by her grandparents.
353* ''VisualNovel/PrincessEvangile'' has two prominent cases.
354** Rise Rousenin was mainly raised by her grandmother Mitsuko, the current Chairwoman of Vincennes Academy, due to her mother's poor mental health state, and her father working all the way in Tokyo and having little free time on-hand.
355** Marika Myougi's parents, as revealed in her respective route, died when she was still very young, and thus her grandmother was left to be her sole guardian and influence in life. When she later finds out her grandmother isn't as good as she seems (such as making her commit crimes that Marika is very much against), Marika is left devastated. Fortunately for her, her grandmother eventually [[HeelFaceReturn comes around]] in her route.
356* In ''VisualNovel/UminekoWhenTheyCry'', the audience finds out early on that Battler Ushiromiya had a [[ParentWithNewParamour falling-out with his father Rudolf]] about six years before the story started, and so from the age of twelve until relatively recently, was living with his maternal grandparents.
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360* ''WebAnimation/EtraChanSawIt'':
361** [[spoiler: After [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A4ppujnrz_0 Katsura]] finding out that his daughter was not related to him by blood, he divorces his wife for cheating on him, and their daughter is now in the custody of her grandparents.]]
362** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s9WWDFWxgzY Yuri and Katsura]] takes custody of their grandchildren after they found out during the wedding reception that their daughter-in-law Akane abused them and their son Hiiragi disregarded his children's concern.
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366* ''Webcomic/BigBreak2019'': Main character Troy was raised by his grandparents Lori and Harold after his mother, Helena left him when he was a baby to start a modeling career in the city. He is still in-touch with them after he moves to the city himself.
367* ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'':
368** Jade seems to have been raised by her grandfather. [[spoiler:Until he died, of course. Now her Guardian is Bec.]] Turns out that [[spoiler:he's actually her biological father]].
369** Also, Jake was raised by [[spoiler:Jade until she died.]]
370* ''Webcomic/{{Realta}}'': Elowen was raised only by their grandfather and never ventured outside their cottage. This was becauase [[spoiler:her grandfather had narrowly escaped the destruction of their clan, and cast a protective spell around their cottage.]]
371* Webcomic/{{Sheldon}} lives with his grandfather.
372* In the prequel of ''Webcomic/SomethingPositive'' set in the 1930s, Davan (not the usual one, obviously; it's the great-uncle he's named after) ended up being raised by his grandfather after his father left the family due to shell-shock related mental problems and his mother had a breakdown that landed her in a mental hospital.
373* ''Webcomic/StandStillStaySilent'': Lalli was trained from a very young age by his grandmother, who didn't let his parents have much of a role in his upbringing.
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377* In ''Franchise/{{Noob}}'', Sparadrap and his younger brother were raised by their grandmother. Between Sparadrap being a ManChild and his brother still being in high school in Season 2 (but eighteen in the second novel), both are still living with her. Sparadrap mentions that their father is a priest a handful of times in the webseries, but [[MissingMom their mother has yet to be mentioned or seen in any media]].
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381* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Amphibia}}'', Sprig and Polly are raised by their grandfather Hop Pop. It's explained later in the series that their parents both died [[spoiler:in a heron attack]] when they were very young.
382* An interesting variation from ''WesternAnimation/{{Arthur}}'' in the case of Timmy and Tommy Tibble -- while we never hear anything about their dad, their mom Trixie is mentioned to travel a lot, so the twins are generally under the guardianship of their maternal grandmother.
383* ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'': When their father, Hakoda, goes off to fight in the war (and they had already lost their mother, Kya, in a Fire Nation raid as little kids), Sokka and Katara live with their paternal grandmother, Kanna, until they leave with [[TheChosenOne Aang]] to help him stop the war and save the world.
384* Played with in the ''Franchise/Ben10'' series. Ben and Gwen's respective parents are alive and well, and are present in their kids' lives. However, the faithful summer that introduced them to aliens and magic was done when they were under the care of their Grandpa Max, who continues to be the first one they turn to for guidance and advice. One episode of ''Omniverse'' goes as far to insist that Grandpa Max is the only reason Ben (despite his large ego) has a solid moral code.
385* Huey and Riley Freeman in ''WesternAnimation/TheBoondocks''. Various news reports and other official statements treat "Granddad" as if it were Robert Jebediah "Mr. Bitches" Freeman's actual first or middle name. Even ''he'' does it. Huey and Riley's parents are stated to be dead (Robert spent their inheritance on the house), the animated series suggests they have no aunts or uncles (besides Robert's sister, Cookie), so he is the closest person left to take care of them.
386* In ''WesternAnimation/ChipAndPotato'', Howie and Hortense Hyena are raised by their grandmother Harriet, who is also their legal guardian. Their parents are never seen or mentioned.
387* Implied to be the case with Herry in ''WesternAnimation/ClassOfTheTitans''. His beloved "Granny" is the only parental figure we see for him, and there are some hints throughout the show that she's the one who raised him and taught him to fight.
388* ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales1987'':
389** Webby Vanderquack is being raised by her grandmother Mrs. Beakley. Upon her grandmother getting hired as the maid and nanny to Huey, Dewey, and Louie, their great-uncle Scrooge [=McDuck=] becomes a surrogate uncle/grandfather figure to her as well. Scrooge even invites Webby to call him Uncle Scrooge instead of Mr. [=McDuck=].
390** The triplets themselves and Great-Uncle Scrooge are a variation of this. They are being cared for by him while their uncle Donald Duck, who is normally [[ParentalSubstitute their guardian and de facto father]], is serving in the Navy.
391** In ''WesternAnimation/DuckTales2017'', the same still applies to Webby, who has been raised by Mrs. Beakley in Scrooge's mansion. [[spoiler:Although the finale [[IAmNotYourFather reveals that Beakley is actually Webby's adopted mother]]; she just pretended to be her (biological) grandmother because of the age difference.]] Averted for the triplets, since their uncle has been their actual parental figure and still is active in their lives as in the comics.
392* On ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls,'' [[OneOfTheKids Soos]] appears to have been raised primarily by his maternal grandmother (referred to as "Abuelita"), and has at least been living with her since his 12th birthday. It's never explained what happened to Abuelita's daughter (Soos's mother), [[DisappearedDad but it's mentioned that Soos hasn't seen his dad since he was at least four.]]
393* In ''WesternAnimation/HeyArnold'', Arnold lives with his paternal grandparents, who are the landlords of a quirky boarding house. This went unexplained until the episode "Parents Day," when we learn that his parents, Miles and Stella, disappeared on a humanitarian mission in South America when Arnold was just a baby. Later episodes and ''WesternAnimation/HeyArnoldTheJungleMovie'' explore the issue in more detail. Interestingly, although Arnold's father, Miles, was apparently an only child, his mother, Stella, has at least one sibling, the parent of Arnold's weird cousin Arnie. This aunt or uncle only exists by inference, however, as he or she isn't seen or even mentioned in either of Arnie's two appearances on the show.
394* Kid from ''WesternAnimation/KidCosmic'' was raised by his grandfather ever since [[spoiler:his parents died in a car accident.]]
395* ''WesternAnimation/TheLongLongHoliday'': Ernest and Colette are raised by their maternal grandparents from 1939-1945 when their father enlists to fight for France [[spoiler:(and later works for Free France when the Vichy regime starts)]] in UsefulNotes/WorldWarII and their mother has to convalesce in Switzerland to cure her [[TheDiseaseThatShallNotBeNamed tuberculosis]].
396* In the original version of ''WesternAnimation/TheMagicSchoolBus,'' Keesha Franklin appears to be under the guardianship of her grandmother -- but in [[WesternAnimation/TheMagicSchoolBusRidesAgain the reboot,]] she's retconned into being the daughter of a lesbian couple.
397* ''WesternAnimation/{{Metalocalypse}}'': William Murderface was adopted by his grandparents as a baby after his father committed [[ChainsawGood murder-suicide by chainsaw]].
398* In ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic,'' Applejack's parents are never seen except in distant flashbacks, but WordOfGod and a lot of [[NeverSayDie hints]] imply that they're deceased. She, Big Macintosh, and Apple Bloom all live with their paternal grandmother, Granny Smith. However, her current age and senility means that Apple Bloom's case in particular is more a situation of her older siblings, getting a PromotionToParent.
399* ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls1998'': The only person shown at Mitch's home is his grandmother. His parents aren't even mentioned.[[note]]The home is seen in "Getting Twiggy with It".[[/note]]
400* ''WesternAnimation/TalesOfArcadia'': Toby Domzalski's parents died in a cruise shipwreck when he was two years old, making Nancy Domzalski, his Nana and his only living relative, his sole guardian.
401* ''WesternAnimation/WorkItOutWombats'': The wombat kids are raised by their grandmother. The executives behind the show have confirmed that Season 2, if greenlit, will explain the reasoning for this.
402* ''WesternAnimation/YakkityYak'' is being raised by his grandmother.
403* ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice2010'':
404** Though not biologically related, Bart/Impulse considers the Garricks his honorary great-grandparents after he's stranded in the past and they take him in.
405** Ed/El Dorado was raised by his grandfather.
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409* Professional wrestler Arn Anderson was raised by his grandparents, as his father took off when he was an infant and his mother was a screw-up who had enough trouble taking care of herself.
410* Olympic gymnast Simone Biles and her sister were taken in and then legally adopted by their maternal grandfather Ron and his wife Nellie when their mother was unable to care for them. However, they fit this trope only in the biological sense, as they consider Ron and Nellie to be [[HappilyAdopted their parents]], not their grandparents.
411* Creator/PierceBrosnan was primarily raised by his maternal grandparents due to his father abandoning the family when he was a infant and his mother moving to London to work as a nurse in order to provide for him.
412* Because he was conceived out of wedlock, UsefulNotes/TedBundy was raised by his maternal grandparents as their son and he grew up thinking his mother was his sister.
413* Music/EricClapton was born to a teenage mother and a Canadian soldier who was stationed in England. His biological father was shipped off to [[UsefulNotes/WorldWarII war]] before Eric was born and [[DisappearedDad returned to Canada]] after it ended. He grew up believing that his grandmother and her second husband were his parents, and that his mother was his sister.
414* Like Biles, singer and actor Creator/JordanFisher and his two younger siblings were eventually legally adopted by their maternal grandparents, whom he calls his parents, after their mother struggled with substance abuse issues.
415* UsefulNotes/LouisXVI's father died when he was just nine years old, thus putting him in the role of Dauphin of France. His mother died less than two years later, and so his grandfather UsefulNotes/LouisXV became his parental figure, hunting with him and arranging his marriage to UsefulNotes/MarieAntoinette.
416* Lucy Maud Montgomery, author of the ''Literature/AnneOfGreenGables'' books, was raised by her grandparents for most of her childhood.
417* Creator/JackNicholson was born to a teen mother who was unsure of who his father was. Her parents agreed to act as his, while she would act as his older sister. Nicholson did not find out the truth until ''Time'' did some research in 1974, after both his “mother” and “sister” had died. On finding out, Nicholson said it was "a pretty dramatic event," but it wasn't "what I'd call traumatizing... I was pretty well psychologically formed.”
418* [[Music/NineInchNails Trent Reznor]] was raised by his maternal grandparents from the age of five, due to his parents divorcing and his mother not having the financial means to raise both him and his younger sister (who unlike Trent stayed with their mother). Trent said that after his dad came back into his life when he was in his early teens, he was more like an uncle than a father.
419* Clarence Thomas wrote a memoir called ''My Grandfather's Son.'' Its title refers to the fact that he only met his father once, with his maternal grandfather serving as his primary male role model growing up.
420* UsefulNotes/GeorgeWashington, the very first president of the United States, ended up raising two of his (step)grandchildren. To go into greater detail:
421** While George and his wife, Martha, were married until he died (which amounted to almost forty years of marriage), he never actually fathered any children with her (at least none that nobody knows of). Prior to marrying George, Martha was married to a man named Daniel Parke Curtis, with whom she had four children: two sons named Daniel Parke Curtis Jr. (who died just three months after his 2nd birthday) and John Parke Curtis (the only child who survived to adulthood, got married and had kids of his own) and two daughters named Frances Curtis (who died just over a week before her fourth birthday) and Martha Parke Curtis (who died when she was around 17).
422** John ended up marrying a woman named Eleanor Calvert, with whom he had seven children (six daughters and one son), three of whom died not long after they were born and four of whom survived to adulthood, got married and had kids of their own. When John died unexpectedly just a few weeks before his 27th birthday, Eleanor sent their two youngest children, Eleanor Parke Curtis[[note]]More commonly called "Nelly," she was John and Elenaor's youngest daughter and second youngest child[[/note]] and George Washington Parke Curtis[[note]]More commonly called "Wash," he was John and Eleanor's youngest child and their only son[[/note]], to live with George and Martha. Eleanor eventually got remarried to a Virginia politician named David Stuart, with whom she ended up having '''''16''' more children''.
423* Creator/OprahWinfrey was raised by her maternal grandmother until she was six, because her single mother was working elsewhere. Although she subsequently lived with her mother for some time, their relationship was fraught, and Winfrey cited her grandmother as her biggest inspiration in childhood.
424* Creator/BertrandRussell, 3rd Earl Russell, was raised by his paternal grandparents, [[UsefulNotes/EarlRussell John Russell, 1st Earl Russell]] (the former [[UsefulNotes/TheMenOfDowningStreet Prime Minister]]) and Frances Russell, the Countess Russell. Bertrand's parents had died when he was quite young (his mother when he was 2 and his father when he was 3); his grandmother in particular took a great interest in his upbringing, though not always in ways he later appreciated. (Being [[BlueBlood British aristocracy]] of the Victorian era, much of the "direct" upbringing was by nannies and tutors, but his grandparents and especially his grandmother gave overall direction to his childcare and education.)
425* Nikki Sixx of Music/MotleyCrue was raised a large portion of his life by his maternal grandparents. He was shuffled between them and living with his mother, before settling with them permanently when he was 13. In his book ''The Heroin Diaries'' he says he considers his grandparents as Mom and Dad, and cites they are responsible for "all the good things in me. They gave me, my soft heart."
426* UsefulNotes/BarackObama spent a large portion of his childhood living with his maternal grandparents.
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