Does your adult DC in their 20's know about the Channel Islands?

I'm in my forties and terrible at geography! I'll google after but
Channel Islands-
Jersey
Guernsey
Isle of Wight

Are there more?

Isle of Man
Isle of Skye
Orkney isles

DD is 20 - I’d be concerned for any of her peers who don’t know that they exist! Basic geography. No excuse for ignorance these days when young people have the world at their fingertips via social media and the internet.

The early 2010s ‘Jersey - the warmest place in the British isles’ TV ad always prompted a few questions. I’ll ask her later on if she still remembers it! She has a close friend who often holidays in Sark so I’m sure that she’ll visit with her someday.

It's a reflection of the education system if they're not at least aware of them.

They might not be able to name them all or find them on a map, but my teen dc are aware of them. My PiL used to go to jersey most years.

DS (teenager) is quire into geography so, yes, he's aware of them! I was as a child too (40s now). We're also from another island group and learnt a little more about Jersey and Guernsey through hearing about the Island Games. I also remember Bergerac from my childhood and have watched some interesting documentaries about WW2 and the CI. Jersey, Guernsey, Alderney, Sark- I suspect folk know more about the bigger islands, but are there smaller ones too?.

Yes, because we have family there and have visited several times.

My children are fat from idiots but I'm not sure they'd know anything about the Channel Islands. Why would that be a marker of an idiot? It's not knowledge that is any kind of universal requirement

My teens do. Maps. General knowledge. World War II.

My generation does due to Bergerac.

To be fair though they’re teeny tiny, and while they have some historical importance they’re not part of the UK. I don’t know all the main Scottish islands for example.

I’m in my 40s and my knowledge of the Channel Islands is:

Nazi occupation in WWII
Bergerac
Corporate tax haven

My dd (16) definitely does.

Tbh I’d hope my 10 yo does!

I knew when I was ten as we had a family holiday there.
I’m certain my own dds, 23 and 20, would have no clue. They and their friends struggled to name the prime minister a few months ago (Sunak) even when I gave them the first sound of his name, struggled to name which country Ukraine was at war with, basics like that. The other day I mentioned pensions and my youngest had clearly never heard of them.
They are adopted however and have a number of issues, struggled in school, haven’t got jobs etc. They’re very immature for their ages and don’t watch the news or take any interest in works events, history, geography etc despite my best efforts.
Thry could tell you about the ins and outs of I’m a Celebrity however…

I’m fairly sure most Brits know where Jersey and the Channel Islands are. But I’d venture to guess that few would know much more about them.

Yes, we've holidayed there, but not since they were wee. Would like to go back some time.

I have a relative living there so my DC age 19 & 21 are aware of the Channel Islands! Still not had the chance to go though my parents & some other family have!

I would have been really shocked if my daughter hadn't known the main Channel Islands or where they were by the time she had started secondary school.

I have 2 teenage DCs and we went on holiday to Jersey several years ago so yes they know about the Channel Islands, some of the history about WW2 and have lovely memories of seeing gorillas, playing on the beach and a wonderful lavender farm!

My 18 year old son probably knows more than me (I’m not sure what is involved in knowing about Jersey?), my 21 year old daughter is probably clueless about both Jersey and New Jersey, it’s a wonder she manages to get anywhere, she’s quite geographically challenged.

I've lived in Alderney and now live in Jersey, so my boys definitely know about all the islands.
They also know they were born in the UK and sometimes ask to go back!

I'm not young enough to answer your question (and don't have kids) but wanted to tell you that I visited Jersey for the first time this year and loved it.

My 19 yo DS knows about Jersey. He was born there and we left when he was 8. 😊
But to answer your question seriously: we are in Canada now, and in my line of work I meet a lot of young adults from the UK. They have all known where Jersey is.

at least mine have better manners than some posters.

I live in the Channel Islands too and when I first moved over (20 years ago) from the UK I found a lot of people my age and older didn't know one from the other, or were only vaguely aware of them at all.

I've met people all over the world in the most unlikely places that do know about them though! A check in agent for BA in JFK was keen to tell me how much she loves Jersey when she saw my passport, someone in South Africa stopped me to talk having seen the flag badge I had sewn on my backpack, and a TukTuk driver in Portugal asked where we were from and proceeded to tell us about the TikToker he follows that lives here.

I once had a stand up argument with a history teacher(!) who claimed a lot of good young British Men had died defending the islands in WWII!

The thing is OP do you want to know if people's kids know about the Channel Islands or if their first thought on hearing Jersey would be the Channel Island or the state? Because they are two different questions most likely with two different answers.

Go over to tiktok and you'll get all sorts of comments educating, arguing with each other about the difference between the United Kingdom, Great Britain and the British isles. I doubt anyone on here will admit that their kids don't know 😄.

Mine would but then he's got great general knowledge all round - geography, history, science, media - astounds me what he knows-