One way of filling the need for grandparents

As the world's population moves about more easily and more often, some family relationships are suffering. More than a third of Australians - 35 per cent, shown in the last census - have both parents born overseas, which can severely limit contact with older family members in a different country. And it's not only the children who miss that contact - grandparents overseas also feel the impact of having family far away. But there are people trying to fill that need.

Nan Carey with Lais, Saskia and Chloe Source: SBS