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A family plot really should take into account the fact that families grow and change over time.
In earlier times, when infant and child mortality rates were high, a lot of parents had their children buried in the family plot. But that's not the current reality in most western countries these days.
"We'll make sure our kids are buried with us, but their future spouses and our future grandchildren are on their own" is a weird way to go, since obviously your grandparents wanted to be buried together and did not choose to be buried with their respective parents.
Thinking about death is hard, and I think that difficulty causes some people to make irrational decisions.
I wonder how often cemeteries or funeral homes suggest additional plots as a way to increase their profit. (And whether there's something in the contract that specifies when the ownership of any unused plots reverts back to the cemetery so they can be re-sold.)