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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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HeyDuggeesFavouriteSquirrel · 27/04/2023 17:17

Not my family of course but Bernie Ecclestone had another baby when his eldest daughter was 67! I think anyone would be hard pressed to beat that age gap between siblings!

My own age gap with my sister is a much less impressive 17 months.

Grimwig · 27/04/2023 17:24

I think I win! I am 37 years older than my (half) siblings. My own children are older than them which is weird.

amusedbush · 27/04/2023 17:25

I only have one sibling, 6 years younger than me. We have the same parents but we don’t look alike at all and strangers used to ask my mum outright if we had the same dad. Staggeringly rude 😂

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Fifthtimelucky · 27/04/2023 17:27

A friend of mine has 19 years between her oldest and youngest. She has five altogether (all with the same father). The first 3 were quite close together (she had 3 under 4 at one point) but there are big gaps between the 3rd and 4th and between the 4th and 5th.

Qilin · 27/04/2023 17:29

16 months between me and my brother.
9.5 years between me and my sister.

mogtheexcellent · 27/04/2023 18:00

1yr 10 months between DSIS and I then 16 years between me and DBro.

Guess who was an accident.Grin

mogtheexcellent · 27/04/2023 18:00

1yr 10 months between DSIS and I then 16 years between me and DBro.

Guess who was an accident.Grin

LadyJ2023 · 27/04/2023 18:08

I'm the oldest 38 then brother 36 then sister 34 then a little brother just turned 16 so almost 22 years between me and youngest

cptartapp · 27/04/2023 18:08

18 months. Far too close. We don't get on.
I specifically avoided having two DC in consecutive school years to avoid comparisons.

TheNoodlesIncident · 27/04/2023 19:09

Four years, two years, and twenty minutes Grin Although the doctor said that one twin baby was at least two weeks' more gestation than the other...

Barrythetimesprout · 27/04/2023 19:11

5 of us 16 years between youngest and oldest.

SwanUppmanship · 27/04/2023 19:22

@TheNoodlesIncident how does that even work? One twin being of longer gestation I mean.

amusedbush · 27/04/2023 19:23

TheNoodlesIncident · 27/04/2023 19:09

Four years, two years, and twenty minutes Grin Although the doctor said that one twin baby was at least two weeks' more gestation than the other...

My friend's twins were 6lbs and 10lbs when they were born. They looked like (very cute!) russian dolls in their newborn photos Grin

Mrsjayy · 27/04/2023 19:26

Just 2 of us I'm the eldest and there is 14 years between us, same mum different dad's.

Iris1976 · 27/04/2023 19:26

One 3 years older,1 2.8 years younger and another 8 year 4 months younger.12 years 4 months between oldest and youngest.

Iris1976 · 27/04/2023 19:28

Sorry 11 years

lkkjhg · 27/04/2023 20:38

There is 26 years between the oldest and youngest in my sibship.

tobee · 27/04/2023 21:18

My dsis is 22 months older than me. There are good and bad things about this ime

Okaygoahead · 27/04/2023 21:44

I trail my older siblings by 9, 11 and 12 years. It was a bit like being an only child (or having five parents).

TheNoodlesIncident · 27/04/2023 21:54

SwanUppmanship · 27/04/2023 19:22

@TheNoodlesIncident how does that even work? One twin being of longer gestation I mean.

Polyovulation runs in our family, down the female line (of course). My mother has done extensive research into her maternal family tree as far back as the 1600s and found seventeen pairs of twins. In each case the twins were born of a singleton, in that the twins themselves never had twins, plus it also always skipped a generation. So my mum's generation had twins (and my grandmother was a surviving twin) but none of the women in my generation have.

It's really quite weird! Identical twins can happen to anyone but fraternal twins tend to be genetic (I think). They are the result of two eggs and two sperms rather than a single egg splitting, so if you release more than one egg when you ovulate, it can happen. I'm not remotely scientific so if anyone else has a better explanation I'd be happy to hear it!

Lovegossip · 27/04/2023 21:58

I'm the eldest, next is 3 years then 16 years and 22 years

My brother and nephew are only 2 years apart

Sodie · 27/04/2023 22:00

My sister is older by five years, my brother older by twelve.

supersonicginandtonic · 27/04/2023 22:01

I'm the oldest of 7, 9.5 years between oldest and youngest. No twins

skylaynard · 22/11/2025 14:46

Just over 23 years between me and my sister! I'm 24 and she's 6 months old lol

cptartapp · 22/11/2025 19:40

18 months. Too close. Too much competition growing up. Not seen him in three years.

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