My grandparents ......... come from Mumbai. come = Mumbai is where they live or lived originally.
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My grandparents ......... come from Mumbai. ...come = Mumbai is where they live or lived originally.
My grandparents ......... come from Mumbai. ...have come = They have recently arrived at your place from Mumbai.
My grandparents ......... come from Mumbai. ...had come = They arrived from Mumbai some time ago and something else has happened since, past perfect being "double past". The
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You have not presented any context which establishes a reference point in the past, so only 'have' is possible.
In the abstract, however, as isolated sentences, both 'have' and 'had' produce grammatical sentences.
CJ