The way I heard it, Grandma & Grandpa Barret were rolling in money and Dad wasn't up to their standards... financially.
I never met Grandma and Grandpa Barret.
Carmen picked the children up from Grandma Reynolds' place so he could visit with them.
One day, when Destiny was with Grandma Reynolds and Jonathan was at staying with a friend, she decided to go down to the house before she went to the hospital.