The Week contest: Parent matchmakers

This week’s question: With a third of Japanese people under 50 saying they’ve never dated, elders desperate for grandkids are now attending matchmaking sessions with other parents to arrange dates for adult offspring. If a tech firm were to create a dating app that seniors can use to pair off their singleton children, what should it be called?
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