Author Topic: Great-grandparents (Read 3608 times)

smurfboy · « **on:** March 07, 2006, 11:46:04 pm »

Stastically people are living longer and longer, meaning probably more and more people will get to meet and get to know their great-grandparents. How many of you ever met yours?

My mother's grandparents all died before I was born, but her grandad died just two months before, so it made her really sad that he never got to see me. My father's grandmother died when I was two, so I did get to see her but don't remember her.

kermie · « **Reply #1 on:** March 07, 2006, 11:50:48 pm »

I never met either of mine. Only ever newmy mums parents!

minty · « **Reply #2 on:** March 08, 2006, 12:01:36 am »

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smurfboy · « **Reply #3 on:** March 08, 2006, 12:28:24 am »

My dad's dad died before I was born, but apart from that all my grnadparents are alive, which is lucky really as I am 26 and a lot of people have lost all theirs by that age.

loulou · « **Reply #4 on:** March 08, 2006, 12:53:13 am »

My mams dad died at 90 but I never knew my other grandparents as they died young before I was born. loulou38784.0371412037

Forth Bridges · « **Reply #5 on:** March 08, 2006, 01:10:26 am »

when my sister give birth her baby will have Great gradn parents, how nice

loulou · « **Reply #6 on:** March 08, 2006, 01:12:39 am »

How old is your sister 623?

« **Reply #7 on:** March 08, 2006, 05:46:04 am »

I knew all of my grandparents. I knew two great grand parents; my Mum's Mum's Mum who was 89 when she died in 1969 and my Dad's Dad's Mum who was 94 when she died in 1971.

Incidentally, the last person alive who had a parent born in the 18th Century died in 1971.

oldspice · « **Reply #8 on:** March 08, 2006, 06:46:38 am »

I remember only my father's father who died when I was four.

On my mother's side my great grandfather died in 1914 and his wife ion 1912 so there is no chance that I would ever have met them!

Cherry_Ripe · « **Reply #9 on:** March 08, 2006, 08:38:17 am »

Quote from: smurfboy

Stastically people are living longer and longer, meaning probably more and more people will get to meet and get to know their great-grandparents.

Generally women are having children later so perhaps that cancels out some of the chance?

I still have my grandparents on my mum's side so chances are any children I have will have at least a great granny.In fact just last month my great aunt became a great granny.

Did you read about that Devon girl who became a mum at age 13? Her mum became a granny aged 35. Scary!

« **Reply #10 on:** March 08, 2006, 09:34:31 am »

At that rate she could be come a great great grandma when she is 61. Bloody Chavs.

goldencup · « **Reply #11 on:** March 08, 2006, 01:09:42 pm »

I'm similar to Bounty ONLY in that I knew all my grandparents and two of my great-grandparents. goldencup38784.5844560185

smurfboy · « **Reply #12 on:** March 08, 2006, 01:58:39 pm »

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I'm similar to Bounty

I wouldn't spread that around...

goldencup · « **Reply #13 on:** March 08, 2006, 02:02:09 pm »

I have edited my post!

smurfboy · « **Reply #14 on:** March 08, 2006, 02:02:11 pm »

Quote from: Cherry_Ripe

Quote from: smurfboy
Stastically people are living longer and longer, meaning probably more and more people will get to meet and get to know their great-grandparents.

Generally women are having children later so perhaps that cancels out some of the chance?

Good point... Bizarrely my parents were both born in 1951, were both the third child in their family, and both their mothers were 30 when they had them - meaning I had less chance of seeing my great-grandparents. My cousin is 40 and was my nan's first grandchild, so had her great-grandad until she was 14, and now her daughter is 10 and still has two great-grandparents.

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Author Topic: Great-grandparents (Read 3608 times)