Research has also found that grandparents tend to feel especially connected to their daughters’ children. In one study, children reported having stronger bonds with their maternal grandparents, particularly with their maternal grandmothers the authors noted that the finding seemed especially significant given that kids are more likely to live near their paternal grandparents. Salari’s survey is a perfect segue into her lesson on what researchers call the “matrilineal advantage”: People tend to rate relationships with their mother’s side of the family more favorably.
“It’s just always the same,” she told me. With each subsequent question, the number of hands dwindles. Next, she asks, “Who is closest to their maternal grandfather?” Then she asks about the paternal grandmother, and then the paternal grandfather.
Sonia Salari, a sociologist at the University of Utah, regularly teaches a course in family studies-and when she does, she asks her students the same question: “Who here is closest to their maternal grandmother, out of all their grandparents?” Reliably, the majority of hands shoot up.
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