Can you top this family oddity?? (wealthy, cousins, grandmother, college)
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A few examples from my family, although I'm not sure they would count as "oddities"....
- my mom has an aunt who's only seven years older than her, and an uncle who is five years older. (Grandma Jane was the oldest child in her family, and was a teen when both of her youngest siblings were born)
- my daughter's boyfriend has twin brothers who are older than I am. (I'm in my late 30s, they're in their 40s)
I briefly dated a guy who had siblings who were young enough to be his children. It was just causal dating. So, I never questioned it. I always had the nagging feeling those siblings (He had siblings that were closer to him in age) were really his children being passed off as younger siblings. The funny thing is looking back, his mom was under 50. This was in like 2006. I swear she could have passed for 70.
OK, here's one for the record books: one of my great-grandparents had a child who was their daughter, granddaughter, and great-granddaughter....all the same little girl! I discovered this a few years back when I had the family genealogy done, looking for something else.
The oldest son of one set of great-grandparents (he was the older brother of my grandfather, in a family of 13), had a daughter. When this daughter grew older, one thing led to another, and she ended up pregnant by her own father (this stuff has been going on for eons....).
The baby girl that resulted was a great-granddaughter via the mother; a granddaughter via the father, and ended up being a daughter also by being "adopted" by the great-grandparents, who by coincidence had another child just 4 years older, so nobody thought anything about it. The "adoption" was not formalized in those days.
This explained why there were 13 children, when my grandfather had always said he came from a family of 12. Just shows what you can discovered hidden in the family tree!
I briefly dated a guy who had siblings who were young enough to be his children. It was just causal dating. So, I never questioned it. I always had the nagging feeling those siblings (He had siblings that were closer to him in age) were really his children being passed off as younger siblings.
That actually was the situation with one of the other teachers at the school my mom worked at. If I remember correctly, this woman's daughter was around 14 when she got pregnant, and the family intended to raise the baby as thought it was the girl's younger sibling.
That's pretty neat! Meanwhile my poor parents are 66, have three kids 30 and older, and not one of us has given them a grandchild (though I at least am trying!)
I can't top that, but my great grandmother didn't go to my grandfathers high school graduation because she was pregnant and showing.......Back in the olden days!
I can't top it, but I always get second looks when I mention that my brother was a great uncle at 23. His wife is the youngest of 5, and both her sister and her niece had children very young. When my brother married into the family, he already had a 4 year old grand-nephew!
His MIL has been a great-grandmother since she was 48. It's totally feasible that she will get to meet her great-great grandkids, and maybe even her great-great-great grandkids!
The oldest son of one set of great-grandparents (he was the older brother of my grandfather, in a family of 13), had a daughter. When this daughter grew older, one thing led to another, and she ended up pregnant by her own father (this stuff has been going on for eons....).
Oh, that incest and sexual abuse. So quaint.
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