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re: Did you ever meet or have a number of years with your great grandparents?
Posted on 3/12/25 at 8:34 am to JumpingTheShark
Posted on 3/12/25 at 8:34 am to JumpingTheShark
I was very lucky that my family tree started procreating early (insert Alabama joke as necessary)
Great GF(1) - 40 years
Great GM(1) - 32
Great GM (2) - 24
Great GM (3) - 15
GF(1) - 20
GM(1) - 47
GF(2) - 48
GM(2) - Still with us - 52
Great GF(1) - 40 years
Great GM(1) - 32
Great GM (2) - 24
Great GM (3) - 15
GF(1) - 20
GM(1) - 47
GF(2) - 48
GM(2) - Still with us - 52
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Posted on 3/12/25 at 8:35 am to JumpingTheShark
Both my mom and her parents were youngest or close to it so her grandparents were dead before I was born. They were born in 1800s.
I knew my paternal great grandparents. He died of pancreatic cancer in his late 70s. Remember that well. He used to fire a shotgun in the air on Christmas even claiming to shoot the deer. Charming. They were sweet country people though.
I knew my paternal great grandparents. He died of pancreatic cancer in his late 70s. Remember that well. He used to fire a shotgun in the air on Christmas even claiming to shoot the deer. Charming. They were sweet country people though.
Posted on 3/12/25 at 8:39 am to JumpingTheShark
Great Grandparents? I was out of grandparents before I got done with high school.
Posted on 3/12/25 at 8:40 am to JumpingTheShark
Mine lasted till I was 24…
Posted on 3/12/25 at 8:44 am to JumpingTheShark
I was lucky enough to have my great grandparents in my life until I was about 10. My wife had hers until she 25. We have a picture with my daughter, my wife, her grandmother, great grandmother, and great great grand mother!
I have two grandparents left, and my wife has two left, and all four are close with our kids.
I have two grandparents left, and my wife has two left, and all four are close with our kids.
Posted on 3/12/25 at 8:48 am to JumpingTheShark
Our son got to spend 21 years with his mom's grandfather. He just passed a few weeks ago at 94. He was an awesome guy. Loved to have fun.
Posted on 3/12/25 at 8:54 am to JumpingTheShark
My great grandmother on my mother's side( my grandfather's) mother died when I was 12. I stayed with her until I went to school while my parents worked. I loved that lady. She spoiled me, and when I finally started kindergarten I cried to go back to her house. She was born in 1897 and was a walking history book. She remembered the Titanic, both World Wars, getting electricity, cars, phones, radios, women not being able to vote, prohibition, etc. Her first president she remembered was Teddy Roosevelt. Some of her uncles had fought in the Civil War. Still miss her.
Posted on 3/12/25 at 9:03 am to JumpingTheShark
Strange but, when I was born in 1952, only my paternal grandmother was alive. Most of my friends had at least 2 grandparents living.
Posted on 3/12/25 at 9:44 am to TheHarahanian
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My great grandmother was alive until I was 20 years old.
I got stories about life in the early 1900s in New Orleans from her.
She was my absolute favorite person in the world.
Posted on 3/12/25 at 9:52 am to Yewkindewit
My favorite uncle had a two inch scar on the back of his head. His grandmother, my great grandmother, threw a can of peas at him.
When my mom would take me to visit I was scared of her and if she picked up a glass or plate I knew she would throw it at me. It never happened but in my mind it was a danger. Never saw her smile and she would clasp my wrist and call me by my uncles name.
She was mean as a snake.
When my mom would take me to visit I was scared of her and if she picked up a glass or plate I knew she would throw it at me. It never happened but in my mind it was a danger. Never saw her smile and she would clasp my wrist and call me by my uncles name.
She was mean as a snake.
Posted on 3/12/25 at 10:01 am to JumpingTheShark
I never even met my grandparents much less my great grandparents
Posted on 3/12/25 at 10:01 am to JumpingTheShark
Yes and it was life changing
Posted on 3/12/25 at 10:08 am to JumpingTheShark
Nope, all of them were gone about 20 years before I was born.
Posted on 3/12/25 at 10:10 am to JumpingTheShark
Nope. Only had 3 grandparents when I was born as my parents had me quite late. No grandparents by 13 and the years I had with them they were really old and pretty feeble.
Posted on 3/12/25 at 10:14 am to JumpingTheShark
My Great Grandfather, Joseph Alexander Shipway(mother’s side) lived to be 103. He was born in 1870 and died in 1973. He was at the time the oldest person in West Virginia. He got a hand written letter from President Richard Nixon.
I remember him well as a kid. He rode a horse everywhere he went. He never drive a car in his life. He would tell stories about the Train Robbers and aftermath of the Civil War.
Absolutely amazing when you think about it.
I remember him well as a kid. He rode a horse everywhere he went. He never drive a car in his life. He would tell stories about the Train Robbers and aftermath of the Civil War.
Absolutely amazing when you think about it.
Posted on 3/12/25 at 10:22 am to LSUwag
Great grandparents on my dad's side died 43 and 18 years before I was born. Moms's side died 32 and 16 years before I was born. I only knew one of my grandparents and he died when I was 21. The other three died before I was born.
Posted on 3/12/25 at 10:28 am to JumpingTheShark
One of my great grandmothers died at the age of 88 when I was 24. I remember when we were kids, she would come stay at our house and play hide and seek with us.
Posted on 3/12/25 at 10:29 am to JumpingTheShark
I met two of my great grandmothers. They died when i was roughly 9-10 so I don't have much memory of them.
Posted on 3/12/25 at 10:44 am to JumpingTheShark
I was very close with my great grandpa on my dad's side. I remember driving somewhere with him and we passed in front of a house and this old man was in the front yard staring at us while we passed. My great grandpa waved and I asked him who it was and he said "That's my daddy". Didn't really register with me at 8 years old that it was my great great grandfather. Turns out, they didn't get along. My dad said he never met him either.
Posted on 3/12/25 at 10:51 am to JumpingTheShark
I knew 3 grt grandmothers and a grt grandfather. Two of them lived till they were 90. They died in 67 when I was 7. The other grt grandmother and grt grandfather were divorced but died within a week of each other when I was 17. They were both 87.
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