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Four Generations under One Roof

Author: Nelli Shishmanyan

Four Generations under One Roof
Edition: Youth
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The photo story you are reading is part of the Chai Khana archive. From 2015 to 2025, Chai Khana covered the South Caucasus, sharing stories from Georgia, Armenia, and Azerbaijan.

89 year-old grandfather, Garush Danielyan, has three children, eight grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren. Not all of them live under one roof, but at least four generations do. Despite that fact, there is a gap between the generations because of their different outlook of the world.

The family of the Danielyans.
Garush Danielyan at his house in Aparan, where he lives during the summertime.
In summertime, Mr Daniel lives in Aparan too, and helps his father with beekeeping and farming.
Tatev is Garush’s granddaughter. She visits her grandpa; everything connected to her grandfather she remembers with admiration.
Despite his age, grandfather Garush is still driving a car and doing it with great pleasure.
From time to time, the family gathers at their house in Yerevan. This time Daniel’s grandson, who just returned from the United States, was present too.
A happy routine of the family.
Mrs Tsovinar’s day is full of family problems.
Knarik, with her son, has come to see grandfather too.
Grandfather and great-grandchild.
It is hard to gather the busy family members from Yerevan in one place. Only some parts of Danielyan’s family were present there that day.
Despite the fact that grandfather feels very good with his relatives, his obligation to his work propels him go back earlier.