I never met my grandparents on my moms side because they died before I was born. They were young, they both died around the time my mom was maybe 17 or 18. I think and she had to take care of her younger brother. My mom was the oldest person living on that side when she died @61 years old. I wish I met them though, from what I've heard they were really cool. I've seen pics of them together and they looked awesome in a picture from the 40's with my grandfather wearing a stylish suit and my grandmother was really pretty and wearing a nice dress, they were out on a picnic. He was an immigrant and came over to Ellis island here in NY from Italy.

As for my fathers side, he wasn't in my life at all. I have him on Facebook and my "grandmother" from that side but I don't consider any of them family.