S/O Young Grandmas

KaylaL08 · June 2013

So this is probably pretty unique, but there are currently 5 living generations in my family. Obviously, everyone had kids young. My sister and I also had babies a week apart. My great-grandmother now has two great-great grandsons (3 if you count DS1, my step-son).

We are a pretty close family so we all visit frequently. How many generations are in your family? Are all the generations close?

ETA: Fix grammer

Arnegard · June 2013

Now, I have 2 Grandpas still alive and DH has one Gma.

I grew up knowing 2 of my Great-Grandma's and one Great-Grandfather.

ajc0121 · June 2013

All of my grandparents have passed. My parents were older when they had me (my mom was 39). My DH on the other hand has all four grandparents still alive. His parents were young when they had him.

Spin313 · June 2013

All my grandparents have passed, but DH has a living grandmother on his dad's side as well as a stepgrandmother from his stepmom.

joyfullyfound · June 2013

My dad's parents are still alive, and DH's mom's parents are still living, so DD has 4 great grandparents right now. When she was born, she had 6. I love that she has great grandparents... Mine were all gone by the time I was born.

jnksmom · June 2013

I have 3 grandparents living and H has 3 living as well. His great grandma passed away when DD was 2 so there were 5 generations living for a while. She got to see our kids 3 times before she passed.

We are close to my grandparents and see one set weekly and my grandma twice a month or so. One of H's grandpas live in another country and I have never met him. We see the other set of his grandparents once a year by their choice.

Mrs.Greg · June 2013

DH has a grandma still living. She turned 85 this year. She's an incredibly young 85! She's gonna be with us for a while, I'm sure!

cheffymama · June 2013

We have 4 generations. I have one set of grandparents, and DH has both grandmas. DD is the first great grandchild on my side and the first grandchild for DH's parents.

We aren't super close on my mom's side. We email and call, but get together visits are few and fairly far between. Same with my dad's side, although they try to get together once a year.

My inlaws are a very close knit group. Of course most of them live within 4 hours of each other, so getting together is a little easier. We live the farthest away, so we don't get to participate in the gatherings as much as we'd like.

bumpuser8448316 · June 2013

My grandfathers died before I was born. My paternal grandmother died when I was 3 and my maternal grandmother died when I was 9. All my aunts and uncles except one are deceased as well.

So the oldest living relative on both sides are my parents. They're 64 and 72

Allycat11 · June 2013

DH and I both have 4 generations still living. Unfortunately, neither of us are close with our grandparents.

memali26 · June 2013

Four on my side - I have one set of living grandparents still.

DH has 5 generations yet. Until recently he had two living great-grandparents, married to each other over 75 years. They both lived to see our daughters, their first two great-great-grandchildren born, and one is still living. We try to take a 5 generation picture each time we see/saw them a few times a year.

dizzycooks · June 2013

Three here. This talk of young grandmas is so odd to me. My parents are 57 and my DD is their first grandbaby. DHs parents at 71 and 81, DD is their first grandbaby as well.

4RingCircus · June 2013

My family has 4 generations and we are all very close. DH's family also has 4 but they are not into being close.

jenniann87 · June 2013

There are 4 generations on both sides. DH and I both have a Grandmother still alive. Neither of us see our grandmas as much as we should. DH's grandma lives in Wisconsin and mine is in an assisted living/nursing home about a half hour from where we live and its not really something that I want to subject DS to.

ChristyML · June 2013

My husband has one great grandma still alive (his other one just passed away a few days ago). She is in her early 90's. All of DH's grandparents are still alive. His parents are both alive and kicking lol.

I have one grandpa (and a step-grandma), and one grandma still alive. No greats left, and my dad passed away about 8 years ago.

My mom is ten years older than my mil and fil. It's really weird.

I'm not too close with my family, and neither is DH (he's sort of the black sheep, but it's a good thing; I wouldn't want him to be like his family). We're super loners; we don't have many friends, and all the family that is our age are really immature and/or we have nothing in common with them.

kcisthebombdotcom · June 2013

My dads parents are still alive. My moms aren't. I never had living great grandparents.

Tbd143 · June 2013

We have four. Both DH and I have a grandmother still here with us and I also have a grandfather.

ToastieSimons · June 2013

Wow!

My maternal grandma was 70 when I was born, she became a great grandma (by my older brother) a few months before passing away at 93. My paternal grandfather passed away when his oldest grandson was 20 so no great grandchildren there either. My grandparents didn't get married until they were 34 and my grandma was 40 when he had my mom.

My paternal grandparents died young so they had no possibility of being great grandparents.

I have a few memories of my paternal great grandmother but she passed away when I was 4.

My mom never had extended family because they had only been in America for about 5 years.

caybeh · June 2013

All of my grandparents have passed. My H has one set left, so DS has them for great grandparents. They live in the same town as H's parents, so we see them when we visit H's parents. I just love watching them interact with DS as it is so sweet. I didn't know my great grandparents, and since my grandparents are gone, that bond is so special to me.

cas3ymari3 · June 2013

All of my granparents are alive and my 2 great grandparents that I grew up knowing just died within the last 5 years. H has one grandpa alive. I am close to all my granbparents except my mothers step father because he decided when I was 3 that he didn't want to be around us anymore... his loss! My mother never meet her real father he died when she was younger and she just recently found out that her step dad wasn't her real father from her grandmother who then told her about her real father who died.

Mama-Bear · June 2013

In my family it's just as far as my mom and my kids. DH's grandma died just a couple of years at 98, she had I think great-great grandkids before she passed.

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