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Questions to ask · Family · for your Grandpa

What family traditions did you start?

Why this question matters

Becoming a parent or a grandparent changes everything, and it is rare to hear what it actually felt like. This question lets your grandpa tell it from the inside.

Ask it on a quiet afternoon, give time for the answer, and write down the small details. That is where the story lives.

  1. What do you see in me that reminds you of yourself, or of someone in our family?
  2. What is your favourite memory with me so far?
  3. What would you like us to do together that we haven't done yet?
  4. How did you feel when you found out you would be a father?
  5. What do you remember about the day your first child was born?

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Keep Grandpa’s answers in one book.

This is one of the 100 guided questions in Tell Me Your Story, Grandpa. Every page has room to write the answer by hand.

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