I only knew one of my grandmothers - and not well as she didn't speak English. She was Italian. My own mother died before her three grandchildren (at the time) were out of diapers. I had no road map to be a grandmother. And then - as if by magic - The Magical Creatures arrived. They made me into Nana. Since I only birthed girls & my daughter only birthed girls - I'm not sure how it would go if we had any boys in there. Though - I do adore my sons-in-law. But I got them as adults. I never once had to report to the principle's office or tell them to clean their rooms. :) But I love my girls - both generations of them & I could't imagine it being any other way, regardless of their gender.