Thinking about longevity (RIP Doris Day) who are or were the oldest people in your family?

[bibbitybobbityyhat]

My dh's great aunt is hopefully going to make it to 100 in July. She lives in a warden controlled old people's complex and doesn't have daily carers but does have quite a lot of help from family in terms of shopping and cooking and obviously couldn't go out on her own any more. However she doesn't have dementia and isn't in full time nursing care.

My step mother's mother is 96.

My own grandmother died at just short of her 95th birthday (in an old people's home but not nursing home for the last 2 years of her life).

I think there was a male relative on my father's side who lived to 101 and died in the 1980s but I don't really know the details.

Great grandma was almost 99 when she died, she was the stroppiest person I’ve ever known, I swear it kept her going 😂

My great aunt lived till she was 99.

A friend’s granny recently died at about 102!

None of my immediate family (grandparents, great aunts/uncles) has got beyond 90

I've no idea how long my great grandparents lived but suspect none were particularly old as think they were all dead before I was born!

My Grandad who was in his 90s. I admired him so much. He was born, married and died in same village - living by and for the sea. Worked outside the village occasionally but never left for a holiday. Lived in retirement on a state pension only (although luckily owned his own home) and was the HAPPIEST person ever. That taught me a lot.

and obviously couldn't go out on her own any more

Rubbish DGM still gets the bus, and goes shopping and dancing. Still cheats at cards and was recently removed from somewhere for noise level!!! She thought that was funny. She’s rolling on for 103

My great aunt +great uncle both died at 92 a fortnight apart in separate care homes.

DH's grandad lived to 101. I also have a cousin whose grandad on the other side of her family lived to 100 and an aunt by marriage whose grandma made it to 100 too.

Three centenrians in my wider family but not one of them a blood relative! Not much chance of me have got the longevity gene then

My maternal grandparents didn't make it out of their 60s - I never knew them. My paternal grandparents managed 77 and 84.

My mum is 86 and her sister 88 - their brother died in his 60s. Mum isn't in the best health (diabetes, glaucoma), but mainly just 'old age' aches and pains.

My dad is 91. He is the last alive of 11 sibs (and the 4th eldest). The youngest to die was in his 60s, the oldest was in his 90s. He is still very fit for his age, no major illnesses and no reason to think he'll be 'off' for a while yet! He's had a few falls in recent years but amazingly has bounced back from them.

Both parents in their own home with no daily help. Dad still driving but says he will stop this year.

I'd love them both to reach 100.

My dgu bought himself a brand new Mini Cooper for his 80th birthday!!

My GM died last year aged 96. I know of two people at our church who are 95 and still driving. Our old neighbour lived to 104 on her own with no carers. A lady up the road is 94 she gets the bus in to town daily and does shopping for her younger neighbours.

My paternal granny died at 103 (three years ago), and my maternal granny is still alive at 92. She is in assisted living accomodation. Both lost their husbands at a young age and both outlived children.

gerontology.wikia.org/wiki/Daisy_Adams

My Aunty. She was 113.

My grandfather died in January aged 93.

My FIL's father died a few years ago 3 months short of his 100th birthday - we joked that he seriously wanted to avoid the party (he was a misanthropic old soul, but likeable with it). He held on for a lot longer than anyone expected after his wife died and he moved to a home. His last 5 years were pretty miserable - he had all his marbles but was very frail, and all his friends were gone.

On my mother's father's side there's some evidence that there were some very long lived people, but we can't know how common that was as most of the family were murdered by the Nazis in Auschwitz.

From everything I've seen I honestly would rather not carry on past my mid 80s frankly, it's all downhill from there unless you're in very good shape and I have a mobility-affecting condition that means I will not be in very good shape by then.

I had a patient in clinic the other day who was 80. He was on his way to visit his DM, he told me she is 99 and lives in a care home but fully with it. Was hard to get my head round that.
I'm 47 and know my great GM lived until at least 90. I remember the photo on my GM windowsill. All my grandparents lived well into their 80's but due to tragedies neither parent even made it to 70.

DM’s family are long-lived on DGF’s side. My great GF made it to his mid 90s (still living independently although an intervention was staged when his DC had to take his car keys away); DGF made it to 92. Both were all there until the last year or so.

Great Aunt died recently at 102.

The women on my side seem to live into their 90's, and I have one great uncle in his late 80's..

3 gp’s died before they were 70 of “old age”
One made it to 80

It is an uncomfortable thought

My great uncle is 105 & only recently started slowing down!

My great granny lived in her own home with her son until he passed away when she was 95. Then she moved to a care home and made it to 97.

DH's grandma is still going strong at 100!

She lives in a warden controlled bungalow but has no carers, just family popping in. She is very switched on and always knows the latest political shenanigans and her football teams latest score.

My great aunt is 101 and still going strong. Sadly my other great aunt (her sister) died very suddenly at 99, having been relatively well for years and years.

My grandad is 100 tomorrow!

Many of his generation in my family lived to late 80s or well in to 90s, but he is the first to 100 that I know.

My great gran recently died at 102. She was a total legend. Fucking cancer.

Showy! you win the thread! but surely she was your great Aunt?

My grandmother on my mum's side celebrated her 101st birthday last December. She lives in her own flat in a sheltered complex. Her husband passed away about 15 years ago in his 90s.