I knew both of my maternal grandparents, and several of their siblings, all of whom were from Hungary. They rarely spoke Yiddish, but often spoke Hungarian. I was very close to my maternal grandfather in his last years. He lived with us for quite a while.
I also knew my paternal grandmother, great aunt, and great grandmother, all of whom apparently came from Odessa. I still have one of my dad's sisters, but she is in the hospital right now. Otherwise I would be calling her and asking about all this.
Funny story: My great grandmother was tiny and had a thick, grizzly, stubby beard. I don't know why, but she did. I was the only great grandchild who would kiss her because of it. When she died, at the age of 86, she wanted to leave all her money to me! Of course, I was only about ten or eleven, so that wasn't going to happen. 
They found four thousand dollars tucked in the bottom of her shopping bag, which was a lot of money in 1960 or 61.
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