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While that's possible, I don't really find it plausible, unless somewhere along the line someone married someone much older who already had kids and they don't make the distinction between step gr. kids etc. Figure if everyone in the family has kids at 16. She is 96, her kids are 80, her gr. kids are 64, her gr. grandkids are 48, her gr. gr. grandkids are 32, her gr. gr. gr. grandkids are 16 and they have a infant (her gr. gr. gr. gr. grandkids).
That being said, I met my gr. gr grandmother and I'm lucky enough to be a part of a 5 generation picture. My great grandpa didn't pass away until I was in high school. But even that took a combo of good genes and people have babies pretty early in life.
What don't you find is plausible? I'm confused. Pregnancy before age 16 is unfortunately not uncommon, even in the US.
What don't you find is plausible? I'm confused. Pregnancy before age 16 is unfortunately not uncommon, even in the US.
What I don't find plausible is it happening that many generations in a row. Plus there are four kids in the youngest generation so you would need a few generations to have kids younger than 16 in order to get that the 4 gr. gr. gr. gr gkids listed. I think if you do the math I find it a bit suspect, unless you have a way that make more sense?
What I don't find plausible is it happening that many generations in a row. Plus there are four kids in the youngest generation so you would need a few generations to have kids younger than 16 in order to get that the 4 gr. gr. gr. gr gkids listed. I think if you do the math I find it a bit suspect, unless you have a way that make more sense?
The fact that it does not happen frequently is what made it newsworthy. It would be nice if we had the ages in each generation.
Edited to add: 5 generation photos are not uncommon in my local newspaper. The addition of another generation is probably going to get more common because more people are living into their nineties --- and beyond.
The fact that it does not happen frequently is what made it newsworthy. It would be nice if we had the ages in each generation.
I agree it would be very interesting to see the ages. Only one of the links actually shows 7 generations as the OP described. I find 6 generations entirely plausible. The old man has an extra four years on the woman in the original example and there appears to be only one 4xgr grandkid not the 4 the OP described. I'd love to see a well documented example of 7 living generations.
"The record for the youngest great-great-great-great-grandmother (5GM) was set by Augusta Bunge (USA, born 13th October 1879) on 21st January 1989 at the age of 109 years 97 days when her great-great-great-granddaughter gave birth to a son, Christopher John Bollig (average generation interval over the 7 generations still alive - 18.2 years). Ref:- Guiness World Records (2008 edition)."
"There are quite a few cases of families with 6 generations alive at once, but there is only case, recorded by Guinness World Records (http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/search/Details/Most-living-generations/59115.htm - broken link), where 7 living generations has occurred. American Augusta Bunge (1879-1989) lived just long enough at the age of 109 to celebrate the birth of her great-great-great-great grandson. At the time, Augusta’s daughter was aged 89, her grand-daughter aged 70, her great-grand-daughter aged 52, her great-great grand-daughter aged 33 and her great-great-great grand-daughter aged 15."
The ages at the births were 20, 19, 18, 19, 18, and 15. So if the oldest generation lives well past 100 years, you do not have to have a bunch of exceptionally young mothers.
What we don't know about the family in the original post is if there is a single unbroken line for all the generations. We know that some of the people in the second oldest generation predeceased their mother.
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I can see 6 generations happening. Apparently, 7 is a world record which is why I don't find the originally story plausible. The women in the story would break the world record by more than 10 years.
Here's another 7 generation case, this from Listverse:
Elizabeth Bolden was one of only seven people worldwide that lived until age 116. Her birth was the last remaining documented birth of 1890. Elizabeth Jones (later Bolden) was born in Somerville Tennessee, the daughter of freed slaves. Lizzie married Lewis Bolden circa 1908 and their first child, a son named Ezell, was born on September 21st 1909. She had seven children in total, only two of whom were still alive at the time of her death in 2006.In addition to Lizzie’s seven children she had 40 grand-children, 75 great grand-children, 150 great-great grand-children, 220 great-great-great grand-children and 75 great-great-great-great grand-children. Geez, imagine Christmas at granny’s house.
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