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A chief desire of all Christian grandparents is that their grandchildren and great-grandchildren follow Jesus Christ, and President Dallin H. Oaks and Sister Kristen Oaks are no different.

President Oaks and his late wife, June Dixon Oaks, had five children.

Now President and Sister Oaks have:

29 grandchildren.

73 great-grandchildren.

2 great-great-grandchildren.

His descendants say President Oaks is a kind, approachable, thoughtful grandfather who thinks of them and has time for them.

“He’s so full of love. He’s really a giant teddy bear,” said Tiffany Oaks Bratt, a granddaughter who lives in Florida.

She and other family members say he and Sis

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