How unusual is it to have all four grandparents alive?

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A friend of mine is 31 and has all four of her grandparents. They’re all in their late 80s. I said to her that must be quite rare but she said she’d never thought of it like that.

I’m 42 and have three grandparents still alive (and a step-grandparent). All in their 90s, all well.

My older brother is 52, so must be even rarer to have three grandparents still alive!

I still had all 4 grandparents until I was 27 and still have 1 at 45. In comparison my dcs only have 1 grandparent & 1 great grandparent and they are in their teens.

My grandparents died when I was 14, 23, 26 and 31.

My DCs lost their first grandparent (my dad) when they were toddlers. He was really hands on too but he had terminator prostate cancer.

20s? Is that a typo, how often does that happen?

I'm in my 40s and even had 2 great grandparents alive until recently. I still have most grandparents alive now and they're only just in their 80s.

Fairly unusual I'd say, but it depends a lot on the ages people have babies. My DC had lost all their grandparents by the time they were 17 and 14 respectively even though all their grandparents made it past 80.

I lost my grandma when I was 16 but had my 3 other grandparents until my early 40’s.

Depends how old they were having your parents and how old your parents were having you i guess.
I lost my first grandparent when I was 25, last grandparent died last year when I was 42.
Two of them lived to late 80s, one late 90s and one over 100!

I had 3. None by the time I was 30.

Dc had 3 initially but only for a year or so. Currently down to 1, who's not that bothered in them, although guessing he tells a different story in the pub. Dc early teens.

My dc has all 4 at 26. Depends a lot on age you had your kids of course

I know two ladies who are still caters for their mums, they are late 70's themselves! So many variables

Very. I lost my 4th when I was 25 and first I think I was 18/20

Mini blondes 7 sadly only has one since she was born - my dad but their love for each other is so lovely

I had all 4 till I was 25 and my last one died when I was 32, the middle two died within a week of each other ( not related). They were 78, 91, 82 and 86 respectively.

my eldest dc is 14 and has all 4 and that’s quite unusual amongst his friends but this is an area where there tends to be quite big generational gaps- ie not unusual for GP to be 70 when a GC is born.

Yes - if your parents had you in their early 20s, then your grandparents are likely to be only in their 60s when you hit your 20s.

Social class also plays a big part - income is highly correlated with longevity.

Two of mine were gone before I was born. I had none left by my early 20s.

I’m 25 and my dad is 80. I hope to have a baby in the next 12-18 months, I doubt my future kids will have 4 grand parents when they’re 30

All grandparents died before I was born

I had all 4 and 3 greats until I was 13, then I lost 1 grandad at 57 and 1 great granny at 88. My little brother was only 1 when his DGF died so he never knew him. Then next DGF who died at 67 I was 24. Then 1 DGM at 88 when I was 31 and the last just this year at 92 (I'm in my late 40s)

One great grandad outlived my grandad and two of his siblings, he made it to 94.

I’m 36. I sadly lost my grandad last year, but my other three grandparents are alive and well, touch wood. They are between 83 and 93. I realise that I am very lucky to see them all regularly and have close relationships with them.

I would say that is fairly unusual. My first grandparent died when I was 12 and the last one when I was 33.

DH's lost all four of his grandparents during the course of his 20s and says he feels very lucky to have had all four of his grandparents until he reached adulthood. Both DH and I had one grandparent each that reached their 90s and the rest were all in their 80s when they died.

DDs are only 5 and 7 and have already lost two grandparents since they've been born.

I had 3 grandparents when I was born. The last one died when I was 17.

My dad died when I was 23 and my mum when I was 43

I had four great grandparents alive when I was born. I lost one gp at 18 and one at 32. I still have 2 grandparents alive now at 36.
My kids have only ever had 3 gps but do have 2 great grandparents. I

It has certainly not been the norm in my family or DH's. I am 58 and DH is nearly 61.

I never knew my grandads as both had died before I was born. I did have two grandmas but only really knew one of them well. The other we rarely saw, mainly due to geographical distance. The last of those (the one I had known well) died when I was 28 and pregnant with my first baby - a DD who is now 29 and is named after her.

Similar story for DH.

For my own DDs, who are all now in their twenties, only one grandparent remains alive now - my 89 year old mother.

I still have 3 alive.
Paternal grandma died when I was 23.

I am now 40.

My paternal Grandfather died during the second World war so when i was born i had 3 grandparents. Paternal Grandmother had breast cancer died when i was 5. My maternal Grand father died when i was 19 and maternal Grandmother when i was 20. But i did have my maternal Great Grandmother until i was nearly 10, she was 104 when she died.