Surrogate grandmother becomes part of California family: "Those boys are mine"

Some of the most influential relationships in life are those between grandparents and grandchildren. Nearly 70 million people in the U.S. are grandparents and about 70 percent of Americans say those bonds are important, according to YouGov.

But distance, busy schedules, strained relationships, and adults choosing not to have children have left many families without them. Increasingly, some are turning to unconventional solutions.

Anteres Anderson Turner and Louis Turner, who are raising twin boys — Cayden and Cameron — in Southern California, realized two years ago that something was missing from their family.

"We were talking about the village, the village that, you know, we had growing up, the grandparents would like come and like hang out or just impart their wisdom," said Ander