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What’s the age gap between you & your siblings?

51 replies

Applesinmyhouse · 27/04/2023 12:15

Just idly wondering.
There’s 7 years between my sister and I, and a whopping 15 years between my brother and I.
Can anyone beat that?

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Hibernatalie · 27/04/2023 12:18

16 years between me (youngest) and oldest - but we have 4 between us.

Udford · 27/04/2023 12:48

11 years between me and the eldest.
8 years between me and the middle one.

Dfg15 · 27/04/2023 12:50

My brother is 7 years younger than me. My mum was the first of six, the gap between her and the youngest was 22 years.

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Napoleandynamite · 27/04/2023 12:53

There’s 5 of us and 13 years between eldest and youngest

GrouchyKiwi · 27/04/2023 12:55

21 years oldest to youngest (there are 7 of us). 18 months between 1 & 2, and 2 & 3 (me). 3 years between 3 & 4 and 4 & 5. 6 years between 5 & 6, and 3 years between the youngest two.

IsabelaYourBoyfriendsHere · 27/04/2023 12:55

18 years between oldest and youngest! There's 5 of us all together.

autienotnaught · 27/04/2023 13:16

16 years eldest to youngest

Norma27 · 27/04/2023 14:09

24 years between my husband’s eldest child and our youngest.

ASGIRC · 27/04/2023 14:10

10 month, 5 days, between me and my brother

Pahpahpotato · 27/04/2023 14:11

There’s ten years in total between the six of us.
3 years, 2 years, (I’m here), 3 years, 1 year, 1 year.

DramaAlpaca · 27/04/2023 14:14

Just two of us. I'm older by about three and a half years.

SwanUppmanship · 27/04/2023 14:17

I have a school friend who has a much older brother and sister. They were 18 and 20 when she was born! Same parents, she was an 'after thought'

flourella · 27/04/2023 14:20

My brothers are twins and there is just under 14 months between us.

Kinsters · 27/04/2023 14:23

I'm 4 years older than my brother, 6 and a half years older than my sister.

My mum is many years younger than her siblings, her nearest sister is 10 years older and I think her brother is closer to 20 years older.

Racingadmin · 27/04/2023 14:24

I'm oldest

Then 10 1/2 months later came db1

Dsis arrived when I was 9 and another db 17 months later

As476 · 27/04/2023 14:25

@Applesinmyhouse Snap! I have exactly the same age gaps between me and my siblings. Same genders too, are you me? 😂

MiningForYou · 27/04/2023 14:27

19 years between me (youngest) and second youngest. Almost 30 between me and the eldest

Swinglowe · 27/04/2023 14:45

Age gaps in my siblings went: 1 yr, 2 yrs, 6 yrs. So 9 yrs from oldest to youngest.

I have 23 yrs between my eldest and youngest. Think it must be so stressful having all your dc in a short space of time.

Crunchymum · 27/04/2023 15:43

I'm 2, 8 and 10 years older than my siblings. All same parents (im clarifying parentage as sometimes larger age gaps are due to new marriages and "2nd families" hate that term)

TweedPillow · 27/04/2023 15:52

My Mother had children across 20 years from age 24 to 44, I was born when she was 41.

PickleOfAConundrum · 27/04/2023 16:02

There is 15 years between my 2 kids though I lost a baby in-between. They are very close though despite the big age gap.

YouNeverSeeTheRealMe · 27/04/2023 16:04

I had 3 siblings (1 left now). They were all older, by 4 1/2 years, 10 years and 12 years (the eldest is left)

ShippingNews · 27/04/2023 16:08

My ds has two daughters, aged 17 and 1.

ALongHardWinter · 27/04/2023 17:11

My 2 brothers are 5.5 and 8 years older than me.

IJustHadToLookHavingReadTheBook · 27/04/2023 17:12

My grandad was the eldest of nine. His final brother was born when he was 26- three months after his eldest son, who's my dad. So my dad has an uncle who's younger than him! Very odd.

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