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Family history was significant for Hashimoto's thyroiditis in the mother, maternal aunt, and maternal grandfather.
While applauding co-pilot Brian Jones for overachieving, the media concluded in retrospect that the pilot, Bertrand Piccard, had been destined for greatness, since his grandfather was the first man to reach the stratosphere (in a balloon in 1931) and his father had attained the oceans' lowest depth (35,000 feet).
One and sometimes two prominent performers are El Abuelo (the grandfather) and La Abuela (the grandmother), who act as leaders and also as clowns throughout the dance.
Granted, the Internet's grandfather was DARPANET.
His grandfather, a publisher, was allied with the turn of the century dictator whose highhanded rule provoked the Mexican revolution.