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When I was a small child I had 2 maternal great grandmothers alive as I have photos with both of them. One of the photos is a 4 generation photo when I was about 3-4 and the photo with other great-grandmother (my maternal grandfather's mother) is me together with my first cousin who approx. a year younger than me.
As an adult now currently I have a great-aunt who is 90 years old. Her husband was my maternal grandmother's much younger brother and he (my great-uncle) died about a year and half ago and was in his early 90s.
On my father's side, my father's aunt/my great-aunt (my paternal grandmother's sister) died at age 93-94 in early 2001. She was the last one of that generation on my dad's side. But my paternal grandmother was a great-grandmother before she died as some of my older first cousins already had children when she died in 1991 at the age of 91.
DH's mother is a great grandmother 13 times plus one step grand. She has eighteen direct descendants. All of my grandchildren are under age six, so it will be a while before I am a great grand myself.
NWResident, for the sake of anyone in your family who becomes interested in genealogy, unless someone already is and has done it, compiling the information on your family's descendants would be wonderful. I regret that my only interest in the hobby only started after my parents and all my grandparents were dead.
If your maternal great grandmother is capable of it, having her describe what it was like growing up and any memories of her family would be worth gold to a genealogist. Even consider catching her on video. And, for goodness sake, have family members identify everyone in old photos, too.
[quote=Tumf;44078937]I'm a Great Grandparent!
Just ask my Grandkids...they think I hang the moon!
Oh.. you mean GREAT like THAT... oh.. nope.
My Mom's dad died when I was 3 - her mom died when I was 8. They lived in VA and we lived in Florida. Only saw them during summer vacation.
My Dad's mom died when I was 12 - and his dad died when I was 16. They both were local to us, and I saw them all the time.
After my dad's mom died, my grandfather lived with us up until his death in '76. He was something else... He made Archie Bunker look like a Catholic Priest.... nobody was 'his equal' unless they were WASP's... his way of describing everybody was derogatory slang about their nationality... He was a piece of work... God rest his sole...[/quote]
My step grandfather was just like that! His family was from Germany and he was first generation American but had they stayed in Germany I have NO doubt he would have been in Hitler's army. As it was he and his brothers were Klu Klux Klan in Chicago in the 1920's. My aunt had a pic of a Klan rally in downtown Chicago and it looked like miles and miles of 'white sheets' marching down the street. She was pretty proud of that, which I found disgusting, and unfortunately most their kids followed in their footsteps. Some of my cousins too. Even as a little kid I didn't understand how anyone could be so hateful of others. Especially people they didn't, and never would, know. The joke was on them when one of their daughters married a Mexican but those grandkids ended up being the 'favored ones' because their daughter was. They still hated Mexicans though...and every other ethnicity.
The answer is no- I don't have any great grandparents alive right now. My last surviving grandparent- my maternal grandmother just died in November 2015 at age 99. Thus, I also do not have any grandparents alive now. I think there was only one great grandparent alive in my lifetime- it was my great grandmother (my paternal grandfather's mother). She died when I was like 5. Then a few years after that her son- my paternal grandfather died. My great grandparents were all born like in the 1870's, 1880's or early 1890's. So, I don't reckon any person from those decades are alive now. I believe Susannah Mushatt Jones born in 1899 just died on May 12, 2016- up to that point she was the oldest person in the world. See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susannah_Mushatt_Jones
I think a lot depends on how old your parents were when you were born. When I was born my mom was 24 and I still had 2 great grandparents on her side still alive but they both passed before I was 2 and I never really knew them. My dad was almost 2 decades older (i.e. he was in his mid 40s) though that wouldn't have mattered regarding great grandparents as all of his grandparents died 25 years earlier in the Holocaust (I'm in my late 40s now). However, given his age I lost my grandfather when I was only 6 and barely knew him as well....I had my grandmother on his side until my first year of college but that's only because she lived well into her 90s (my maternal grandma died somewhat young when I just out of college but my maternal grandpa made it until his early 90s as well so I had him well into adulthood (mid 30s)).
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Originally Posted by twnxn
My great grandparents were all born like in the 1870's, 1880's or early 1890's. So, I don't reckon any person from those decades are alive now. I believe Susannah Mushatt Jones born in 1899 just died on May 12, 2016- up to that point she was the oldest person in the world. See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susannah_Mushatt_Jones
With her passing, I read that a woman in Italy born in November 1899 is now the last person on earth (at least that civilized society knows of) born in the 19th century (i.e. the 1800s).
If you read obituaries, it's not uncommon for people to be survived by great-grandchildren and even great-great-grandchildren. In my family the generations are pretty long. One grandfather was born in 1863, and died in 1961. My dad was born when he was 50. His sister was older, and had children young, so he had several great-grandchildren living when he died.
On the female side, all they have to do is be teen mothers for generation after generation and they will build up quite a population explosion.
If you read obituaries, it's not uncommon for people to be survived by great-grandchildren and even great-great-grandchildren. In my family the generations are pretty long. One grandfather was born in 1863, and died in 1961. My dad was born when he was 50. His sister was older, and had children young, so he had several great-grandchildren living when he died.
On the female side, all they have to do is be teen mothers for generation after generation and they will build up quite a population explosion.
I knew none of my eight g-grandparents, but my children were privileged to know three of theirs, one of whom is still living. We're headed to visit him as soon as school lets out.
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