How old were you when you lost your last grandparent?

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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.

Dc in their 20's still have two although we are nc with one.

I was 21 when my grandmother passed. Both grandads passed a long time before I was born, and my other grandmother passed when I was a few months. I'm 34 now and still have friends who have grandparents, I'm a mixture of jealous and happy for them!

She was 98.

DH just lost his grandad at 42 and grandad was a couple of weeks off 100.

What is it like to have a grandparent?

Can anyone describe it?

22, she was 93. My grandad a few years before. My paternal grandparents died before I was 5

I lost mine when I was 28, 34, 35 and 51 , I also had 6 out of my 8 great grandparents until I was 12/14

The first died when I was 19, then 26 and 34.

I had three great grandmothers still living when I was born; one lived until I was 19.

I've got one left and I'm 37 (with older cousins). GM is nearly 90.

Due to small generational age gaps, there's a chance she could see great-great-grandchildren being born. Her eldest GGC is 20 so it is a possibility.

Mid 40s, he was 91!

I was about 16.
The others died when I was, roughly, between 10 & 14.
They were all born in the 19th century, lived through both WWs, & died at around 70. They were proper old people though!

I was 16 when my last grandparent died. The others were - one died before I was born, one when I was 4, and one when I was 15.

I'm 38 and have 1 set alive.

3 of them were dead many, many years before I was born.

The one who was left died when I was 26 and had no interest in her grandchildren at all.

56. She was somewhere between 99 and 101!

2 died before I was born and the other 2 when I was 11 and 19

I was 24 when the first one died. 31 when the last one died. I miss them every day.

My mum's father died before I was born as was my fathers mother, never really new my dad's dad and he died around 98, my mum's mum died in 2011 so I was 35

Lost my first dgp at 16, the last 4 years ago when I was 41. Amazing woman, so arty and creative, made her own wedding dress and cake, took the bus to the church on her wedding day, had 10 DC. She met my son when he was 8mo, thought he was "smashing" she lived until 92 surrounded by family.

I'm abroad, but try to see my folks as often as possible, DS has a great relationship with my parents.

I was pregnant when DMil passed from Alzheimer's, so DS never met her which is a great shame as she was fab and loved children (had 6 herself) and was quite mischievous. We see DFil about twice a month, and all Dss' cousins (6) about once a month, we're all in the same town. DFil isn't do sprightly anymore, do watches DS from a distance and shares his cakes, but he's never been one up get on the floor and crawl about, or dig holes on the beach with him.

I digress sorry!

18. I never knew a grandad and lost my other grandma when I was 7.

It is sadly of the downsides of being the child of older parents. I hoped my children would have their grandparents for longer but my dad died when ds1 was 2 and before ds2 was born.

I was 17 when my paternal GM died. My other 3 GPs died when I was around 2,3 and 5, so have very few memories of them at all. That's the problem with parents who leave it late to have children - both my mother and father were mid 40's when they had me, and their parents had them late too.

Unfortunately, same has happened with our DS - although we didn't have him as late, our parents were older, so at 18, he only had one grandmother remaining. His paternal GF died a few years before he was born. Maternal GF and paternal GM died when he was 6 & 8 respectively, so he has had little involvement with grandparents either.

I lost the only grandparent I ever met at 7.

I lost my Mum at 32.

12, and I'd already lost the other 3 by 2 and 3. One died before I was born.

So grandparents didn't feature in my life. Turnabout for my kids though. My parents still in my children's lives. My parents were the youngest of big families so their parents were middle aged when they were born and my parents had me young so it's worked out well for me

All my Grandparents had died by the time I was born (DM was 45 when I was born an DD was 54), except for my Grandmother who died when I was 3 months. I’ve never missed having Grandparents as I don’t know what I’m missing if that makes sense?

Angell84 having a grandparent will be different for everyone. I've been lucky to have four fantastic people in my life.

My grandparents were kind and loving, they played games, cooked, took us to visit other older relations. They were the childcare whilst my parents worked.

There's a lifetime of experience in a grandparent, and not so much of the responsibility .

I lost both of my granny's last year, first when I was 34, second I had turned 35. Very lucky to have had them in my life so long, just wish it were longer.