re: Did you ever meet or have a number of years with your great grandparents?

Just one great grandma. She was very nice person.

well im a pure Euro lineage genetically VV Caucasian , but adopted

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One died before I was born, but I knew the other three.

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That's just half of 'em, bud.

I grew up with both great grandmothers. on my moms side maw maw Russo taught me how to cuss in Italian and made me tomato soup with those little pasta pieces in it. I helped her crack her pecans and pick her figs. On my dads side granny burgess owned a farm on 190 in walker I fed her chickens, shot her coons and picked her carrots. Every time I’d get stung she’d chew up a cigarette, mix it with ponds cold cream and smear it on the sting

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That's just half of 'em, bud.

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Was thinking just great grandmothers. I never knew any of my great grandfathers.

There is a picture of me with one of my great-grandmothers who was in her 90s.

I also knew, briefly, the younger brother of a great-grandfather, (great-great uncle?) so the same generation , also in his 90s

I have a strange extended time family tree. My wife(no pics) and I are about the same age. Her grandparents were all born between the mid 10s to early 20s. Mine were all born late 1890s to mid aughts.

My father's parents were in their 30s when he was born and he was about 30 when I was born, so that's a stretch relative to folks having kids younger back then. My mother was the youngest of 12. Her father was almost 50 when she was born

Ah, the greats. There was a theme, young teen female with older non teen male... never met a great grandfather but great grandmothers were around. One mean as all get out, another was nice but dementia grabbed her from an age I could remember. Lots from that generation on my fathers side still lived in Italy and were alive, but I never met them.

My dad parents died when I was 4 and 8, both in their mid to late 80s. My GGPs on that side would have been well over 100 when I was born.

My moms parents lived across the country and only saw them a couple times a year. I knew my GGM for a few years, but only saw a couple times a year.

It’s always been a bit sad for me that I never had the opportunity to have a day to day relationship with any grandparent.

I knew three of mine and saw them often. My great great grandmother was also alive when I was born, but died before I turned two and I do not remember her. All were on my mom’s side.

The last, my grandmothers mom, died when I was a senior in college. She was 90 and often stayed with my parents. Taught me to crochet and make chicken and dumplings.

I stayed with my grandfathers parents sometimes and still recall having Nilla wafers dipped in coffee with my great grandmother and standing on a fence alongside my great grandfather while he fed his cows.

I am very glad to have memories of them and had the chance to learn things from them about how they grew up. I wish my kids had known my grandparents better.