ST. LOUIS, Mo. – News that Twitter and Elon Musk were in the process of striking a deal that was ultimately announced Monday afternoon hits a little close to home in St. Louis. The city is the hometown of Twitter’s co-founder Jack Dorsey, and a place where Dorsey’s parents, Tim and Marcia still live. Marcia Dorsey’s profile reads: “Mother of @jack...   Does that make me the grandmother of Twitter?”

Jack Dorsey left Twitter for a second time as CEO in November, staying on the company’s board of directors, where he was part of the unanimous vote to approve the sale. 

By midday Monday, prior to the announcement, Dorsey’s parents had made no direct comment on the news of the potential deal. Tim Dorsey retweeted co-founder Biz Stone’s meme showing the site’s co-founders and Musk.

Marcia Dorsey also retweeted a Musk tweet from earlier in the day, when he said “I hope that even my worst critics remain on Twitter, because that is what free speech means.”

For her part, she also wrote, “Once a grandmother ALWAYS a grandmother.” 

After the deal was struck, she retweeted the current Twitter CEO, Parag Agrawal, who wrote, "Twitter has a purpose and relevance that impacts the entire world. Deeply proud of our teams and inspired by the work that has never been more important."

"Free speech is the bedrock of a functioning democracy, and Twitter is the digital town square where matters vital to the future of humanity are debated," Musk said in a statement when the deal worth roughly $44 billion was announced. "I also want to make Twitter better than ever by enhancing the product with new features, making the algorithms open source to increase trust, defeating the spam bots, and authenticating all humans. Twitter has tremendous potential – I look forward to working with the company and the community of users to unlock it."

Jack Dorsey made no immediate comment.