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How old were your parents when they became grandparents?

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JoeyBartonHanson · 15/05/2019 20:09

Mine were 57 and 65

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DramaAlpaca · 15/05/2019 20:11

Mine were 57 & 59.

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FizzBuzzBangWoof · 15/05/2019 20:11

Both 55

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PottyPotterer · 15/05/2019 20:13

59 and 62. They were young parents too, my sibling and I are older parents, they thought they were never going to be grandparents then 3 came along in under 3 years Grin.

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ASqueakingInTheShrubbery · 15/05/2019 20:13

Mum was 67. Dad died before DD was born, but would have been 69. MIL and FIL were 67 and 65.

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cabininthewoods2016 · 15/05/2019 20:14

46 and 47

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WindsweptEgret · 15/05/2019 20:14

45 and 44

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FangsTasticBeast · 15/05/2019 20:15

37 and 44

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Aimily · 15/05/2019 20:15

My mum will have just turned 49 (dc1 is due just after her birthday) and my dad will be 55. DPs parents will be 55 and 58.

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Fatted · 15/05/2019 20:15

Both 64. They had kids in their late 20's/early 30s and we've gone onto have kids in our 30s.

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sunshineandshowers21 · 15/05/2019 20:16

my mum had me at 16 and i had my first son at 15 so she became a nanna at 31 and my nanna became a great grandma at 51. there are a lot of young grandparents where i live though.

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JudgeRindersMinder · 15/05/2019 20:18

55&61

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xyzandabc · 15/05/2019 20:19

57 and 58

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Crunchymum · 15/05/2019 20:20

My parents were 57 and 55

Inlaws were 40 and 50 (oldest grandchild is almost 23 but then the next is 10!)

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wildhairdontcare · 15/05/2019 20:20

38 and 49

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Normandy144 · 15/05/2019 20:23

64 + 65

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LBOCS2 · 15/05/2019 20:25

DM was 65, DDad was 57.

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WhatHaveIFound · 15/05/2019 20:25

61 & 55 when their first granchild was born

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Missmonkeypenny · 15/05/2019 20:27

DM was 43, DF was 46

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Hellohah · 15/05/2019 20:27

I don't know my dad, but my mum was 43 when I had DS

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princessbananahammock252 · 15/05/2019 20:27

Both 60, and had been eagerly waiting to become grandparents! My siblings and I have given them 3 grandchildren in the space of 2 years.

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Summerorjustmaybe · 15/05/2019 20:28

41+44

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Alena92 · 15/05/2019 20:28

55 and 61

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mrssoap · 15/05/2019 20:29

44&45.

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cstaff · 15/05/2019 20:29

52 and 54

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PaquitaVariation · 15/05/2019 20:30

55 and 57

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