SURVEY: MORE THAN HALF OF AMERICANS CAN’T NAME ALL FOUR GRANDPARENTS

More than half of Americans don’t know the names of all four of their grandparents. A recent survey of 2,113 U.S. adults from Ancestry.com found that just 47 percent of respondents could correctly name all four grandparents. Oddly, results varied by city – 66% of Boston residents could name all of their grandparents, compared to only 26% of those in Philadelphia. San Francisco, Chicago and Dallas were all around 35%. Only four percent could name all eight of their great-grandparents.
* I can name all mine: Meemaw and Nonno, Yaya and Opa. You can look it up.
* Why is this surprising? These days, Grandma has had three or four husbands, and the odds are pretty good that you came from a test tube. How is anybody supposed to keep track of this?
* It’s almost as if Ancestry.com wants us to feel guilty and sign up for their service.
* You can make up for blowing off your grandparents on Grandparents Day. Like you know what day that is.
* Not only do people not know the names of their grandparents, it won’t be long before most of us don’t know the sex of our grandparents.
* I bet you could remember if you knew you were in their will.