How old were you when you lost your last grandparent?

[cinderellaaaa]

I have no grandparents left, my last died when I was 27. Yet I know someone who is almost 30 and has all of her grandparents still living. Can't help but feel a little jealous.

I was 34 when my last grandparent died.

I was 16 when my step grandad died and 23 when my GM died, i didn't know the rest. Neither of them did anything for me, in anyway.

My children justchad my Mum and my youngest was 15 when she died.

Rather than be jealous of other people who still have their's, count your blessings in having that relationship.

7 or 8. I never knew the paternal ones, they both died young. I don't really remember much about the 2 that died when I was young, just the odd snapshot type memory.

At 36 I still have all four of mine, aged between 82 and 89. I know how lucky I am to still have them all, but reading this thread has really brought that home to me. I don’t get to see them all that often - one set is a 7 hour round trip away, and the other 5 hours, and with three small children it can feel like a huge mission visiting them, but having rad this I’m going to get visits booked in for Easter holidays.

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My mum had me when she was 18 so I still have grandparents alive in fact I was very close to one great grandmother and I was 14-18 when I lost a great grandfather and two other great grandmothers. Apart from 1 great grandmother was 103 when she died the other grandparents in their 80s. They outlived my own grandmother who died in her 60s

32 and I was heart broken. I had 3, lost my first at 25 which was a huge shock, had never had anyone die before. I miss them all every day

I was 40 my grandma was 98.

When ds was born he had 3 great grandparents - unfortunately by the time he was 6 weeks he only had 1 . I like to think they hung on to meet him before they went.

I was 34, the others died before I was born, when I was 19 and when I was 20.

I have a friend who’s 51 and she still has one grandparent living

None of my grandparents was still alive when I was born. My step grandmother died when I was 2

I was 20.

Paternal GD 16
Paternal GM 34
Maternal GM 38.

15. I feel a bit jealous of friends in their 30s who still have theirs.

My parents had me when they were older and I had my DD at 32 so I do feel sad that DD likely won't have hers around til adulthood either

I was one

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Ish .. I'm 45 and just have my mum left.

I was 49

14 when my maternal grandfather died, the first funeral I went to. 20 when paternal grandmother died. Then 34 and 37 when the last two died, strangely both lived until they were 91, but not related. This has just made me realise my nana was widowed for 23 years and grandad for 14 years 😢. My dad has now been on his own for 19 years after my mum died at 62.
I’m hoping I got my genes from the grandparents who made it to their nineties.

I am 45 and still have n&g on my mums side. I knew my great n&g on both sides of this line of family.
I never knew my dads dad, as he died when dad was a child.
His mum died when I was 2 .
My children have actually lost more grandparents than i have!
My exes mum died a couple of years ago, when my youngest was 4.

Dad’s father died when my Dad was still a child I think.

I was 6 when I lost my Nan (Dad’s mother) aged 73, 27 when my Grandpa died aged 91, 29 when my Dad died aged 60, 30 when my Grandma died aged 91. Only my Mum left now, and she’s 71 with a list of health problems as long as your arm... DH still has one living grandparent aged 85 and both parents early 60s.

I am 27 and only one grandfather has passed away when I was a baby. I had a great-grandmother alive until 2 years ago as well. We are all a really young family though, both my mum and nan were teenagers when they had children.

All 4 of mine had died before I was born.

26. DGM died 2 weeks before my wedding. Funny thing she gave us money for our Wedding present at Christmas- 4 months before the Wedding- no sign of illness at the time.

Think I was 30-31 when my maternal grandmother passed.

Other grandmother died when I was 25 (3 months after my mum passed away).

Bother grandfathers died before I was born.

I lost my first when I was 13. He was an old soldier who was gassed and crippled when he was 19 in WW1. I so wished he had lived longer so I could have known him as an adult. When each of my boys were 19 I remember thinking how did that generation cope.

I was 23, 25, and 36 when the others died.

I'm 42 and still have my Nana, she's 89 now and has been in poor health for a long time. My grandma died when she was 91 and I was 32. The granddad's died before I was born and when I was 2, both in their 50s. I really miss my grandma, she was top quality.