Matt Roloff's folks had been featured on 'Little People, Big World' in the past, and now they're pressuring their son to only marry Caryn already.
Through the years, the selection of Roloff family members showing on Little People, Big World has slowly dwindled. Once they hit maturity, Molly and Jacob made it clear that truth TV wasn't for them. Jeremy and Audrey bowed out next, leaving Matt Roloff and Caryn Chandler; Amy Roloff and Chris Marek; and Zach and Tori Roloff (and their youngsters) on the TLC collection. But what about the OG Roloff couple — Matt's oldsters?
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Who are Matt Roloff's folks?
Matt Roloff's oldsters are Peggy and Ron Roloff. They first seemed on Little People, Big World again in 2006 right through Season 1 of the TLC collection, and have every so often traveled to Oregon to look on the show or to simply consult with off-camera — including for pumpkin season at Roloff Farms.
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Viewers skilled a bit of a Ron and Peggy hiatus on LPBW when Matt and Amy had been in the middle of setting apart and then divorcing. This came about between Matt's folks' look in the Season Thirteen episode "New Year, Big Changes" in 2014 and a Season 18 episode titled "Four Generations of Roloffs" — throughout which Matt's parents traveled from California to Oregon to meet Zach and Tori's son, Jackson, at the first Father's Day after he was born.
"Six hundred miles is a short trip to make to see a great grandson," Ron said all over the latter episode.
"Yup," Peggy agreed.
"I can't imagine being a great-grandfather. Are we old enough for that?" Ron playfully added.
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Matt Roloff's father, Ron Roloff, died in 2022.
Although Matt's mother Peggy remains to be alive today, sadly his father Ron died in 2022.
"A sad week for the Roloff Family. My dad, affectionately known as 'Papa' to his 10 grandchildren and his 10 great grandkids, peacefully went home to be with his Lord and Savior yesterday evening," Matt wrote in an Aug. 1 Instagram post. "Ron was an amazing husband, father, grandfather, great grandfather and inspiration to many."
Ronald was once 84 years old on the time of his dying.
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Matt endured: "Some of his last words to me were telling me how proud he was of the things I had accomplished … then he quoted, 'My Father’s house has many rooms; Jesus said ... I am going there to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with me that you also may be where I am. (John 14:2-3)."
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A celebration of existence used to be held for Matt's father — and in November 2022, the LPBW famous person shared photos from the event with his Instagram followers. He captioned a publish stuffed with footage: "Papa Ron would have been soooo happy to see all the cousins playing and celebrating his amazing life… A life well lived indeed!"
Catch new episodes of Little People, Big World at 9 p.m. EST on Tuesdays on TLC and Discovery Plus.
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