To ask if anyone past 30 still has a full set of grandparents?

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I'm mid 30s and have one grandparent left. Most people I know of a similar age are in a similar boat 0-2 grandparents still alive.

Out of curiosity really, has anyone been lucky enough to have made it past 30 with the 'full set' of two grandfathers and grandmothers?

Well it is to me in the context of this thread.

Surely it's only maternal and paternal grandparents that are relevant as there can be all sorts of age variations with step parents/ grandparents therefore they may well still be around in your 30's.

Exactly this ^^

For example, my cousin's dad remarried a woman a similar age to his eldest daughter. My cousin now has a child and the child's step-gran is in her 30s. So the child's step-gran and my cousin have roughly similar life expectancy.

I'm not dismissing the role that step-grandparents play, but the age variations of a non-biological grandparent can be huge. For example Anna Nicole Smith was a step-grandmother at 26.

sunny don't think believe me when I say my grandparents were born in 19th century as I am still in my 40s.

I'm 27 and have none.

My parents are as old some of my friend's grandparents though! Dad is 72 and mum is 67.

My Grandmother died in 2010 at 94, and she's the only one I remember. Her husband died in 1967. My other two grandparents died before I turned one, so have no memory of them.

I only had three grandparents when I was born. Both of my dad's parents died when I was in my later teens, my nan died when I was 23. Dh still has both grandparents on his dad's side but his grandad isn't in great health.

My dcs only have three grandparents and my eldest is only 7, cancer took my lovely mum a year ago and I hate that my dcs won't get the chance to uave the relationship with my mum that I had with my nan.

I had my dcs before my mid 20s so hopefully I'll live to see my grandchildren and great grandchildren.

I had all 4 when I was born - though no contact with one.
Lost them aged 5, 13, 20 and 21.

My eldest DD had 3 when she was born but lost her GM 9 months later :(
It makes me sad when I see other kids with there Grandmothers, but also happy IYKWIM

I'm 32 and all 4 grandparents are still around and pretty active, in their early 80s.

I lost my last grandparent, the only one I remember, at the age of 7. The others were all dead before I was born.

I'm not yet 40 but, like other posters, had grandparents born in the 1800s !

My gran died when I was 35 and my grandad when I was 37,my paternal grandad died when I was 11 and paternal gran before parents married

at 30 I had 4 grandparents still, mum and dads parents both still alive.

I'm 39 now and have 2 grandparents, my mums parents. Both of my dads parents have passed away. my nan when I was 30 and my granddad a couple of years ago.

My maternal gm died when I was 10 (67) of bowel ca. Paternal gf when I was 7 (64) massive MI. longetivity in paternal side - gm died at 89 of bowel ca when I was 23 and gf died of old age aged 96 when I was 31. My father is 70 this year- just passed his medical for driving licence. Works a 70hr week. No hint of illness. My mother is not as fit. 65 this year. Diabetes 15yrs; hypertension etc - think metabolic syndrome in maternal side. Awaiting total knee replacement next week

My friend ( in late 30s)
recently lost both grandparents in last couple of weeks

33. I have no grandparents on my mother or fathers side. I have a step nan but thats it. My father also died 14years ago.

No my paternal grandmother was 40 when I was born and died when I was 2. Both grandfathers died a long time before I was born, my maternal grandmother when I was in my 20s. My two dcs only have one grandparent from either side when they were born as well.

I had them all until I was 30, then both my paternal grandparents died in the same year. I still have my maternal grandmother and I'm 39, she doesn't know who anyone is though .

My paternal grandmother was 80 when I was born I mean.

I only knew one of my grandparents, and she had dementia and died when I was 17.

If my father's parents were alive they would both be 110, and my mum's dad died in the 70's due to asbestos poisoning.

I'm the youngest in my family at 30! No baby's born on either side.

I lost my first grandparent at 21, but the others all lived until my mid 30s, and at almost 43 I still have one left.

When DS was born, he had 3 Great Grandparents on my side and 2 on DH's side. Unfortunately by the time DD1 was born two years later all but one had died.

Hopefully they will all have memories of their Greatest Grandma (as DD2 calls her) but as she is 95 this year I don't know how much longer we will have her.

I only had one GM still alive when I was born, she died when I was 14.

My DD(14) had 2 GMs when she was born, they died when she was 4 and 5.

I am 55 this year. In both my and DH's families, living past 75 was exceptional for our parents' generation.

I am 30 and have 1/5 left (maternal grandma remarried) and my dad recently died, but I was a late baby. I do feel jealous of friends who still have grandparents and even great grandparents! Somehow I feel less secure, as in I'm the next in my dads line to die so it feels soon?

38 and one grandmother (88) left. At 30 I had three.

Just reading the replies.. so sad. I thought we were supposed to be living longer these days

When I was born I had two full sets of grandparents plus two great grand parents. Now I have one Grandad left.

DH until a year ago still had three of his grandparents. Now he has one. We are both in our 30s.

I'm 38 and until recently had 3 grandparents (the 4th died before I was born). The remaining two, a couple aged 90 and 92, live in the home they've had for 65 years, have good health and are pretty much independent (do the bulk of their own shopping/cooking/cleaning/personal care etc, no professional carers or help). They're also great fun to be with and keep up with what's going on in the world/their family's lives so are always interesting to talk to.

My children are 7 and 5 and had 4 great grandparents when they were born (3 now) and i hope they will have lovely memories of enjoying time with them all. When we were up seeing them a few weeks ago DD did a 'magic show' with her 92 year old great granddad and then a ballet 'competition' together so I hope they have memories of their real relationship rather than just a vague memory of an old person in a corner...

I only ever knew my two grandmas. I was born in 1966 and will be 49 this summer. My paternal grandfather had died at some point during the 1950s and my maternal one died in 1963, so I have only seen the odd photo of either of them.

My paternal grandma died in the mid 1980s, when I would have been about 18 or 19 (stroke related). My maternal grandma died in 1994 when I was 28, purely of old age (92).

My three children all had a full complement of grandparents when they were born, though by the time I had my youngest my FIL was terminally ill. He died when she was just 4 months old, so she has no actual memory of him though we have many photos. That was 12 years ago.

My MIL died last year of lung cancer, so that leaves only my own parents, both still going, but both now in their 80s. Must pay them a visit soon (we don't live close).

I'm 33 & have no grandparents left. My DS is 2 & only has one grandparent.