Who here had the oldest parents?

[myophile]

My father was 46 when I was born, and my grandfather was 47 when my father was born. That’s not outrageous on the face of it, but I always get a kick out of the fact that my grandfather was born the year the Civil War ended. 

[Epigonos]

Myophile my maternal grandfather was born in Virginia five years before the start of the Civil War (He always called it the War Between the States).  He was born and lived on the family's large farm in Western Virginia.  His family was NOT a part of the Piedmont Plantation Aristocracy.  He died when I was young but I do remember hearing him talk about living under the Union occupation.  His father eventually lost the farm to taxes and the family moved first to Kansas and then Colorado.  My grandfather became an engineer on the Denver, Rio Grand Railroad and ended up settling in Springville, Utah where my mother was born.  None of her siblings joined the Mormon Church but many of their children did.  As my mother was one of nine children I have tons of Mormon relatives on that side of the family.  On my fathers side the family is Roman Catholic.  The two religions make quite a combination. I always laugh and say that a third of my family is Mormon, a third is Roman Catholic, a sixth is Evangelical Christian and a sixth, myself included, is devoutly nothing.

Edited March 17, 2022 by Epigonos

[+ jessmapex]

My father passed away at 86 last month. He got the Delta variant in April 2021, survived the infection. But it impacted his heart . In early Jan he got Omicron, survived that too. But by the end of Jan his heart gave away. My mom is still alive at 86 and survived two Covid infections.

All my life I had dreaded the moment when my parents would start passing away. But when my father passed, after the initial bout of sadness, I was alright. Having seen so much death and turmoil over the last two years, I am glad he passed away without suffering too much.  

My hope was he would live for another 2-3 years, the climate of fear and anxiety would pass, and he would pass under happier circumstances. But now I am glad he did last month. With talks of world war III and the nuclear threat, I was wrong about happier days returning soon.

[myophile]

On 3/17/2022 at 11:44 AM, Epigonos said:

Myophile my maternal grandfather was born in Virginia five years before the start of the Civil War (He always called it the War Between the States).  He was born and lived on the family's large farm in Western Virginia.  His family was NOT a part of the Piedmont Plantation Aristocracy.  He died when I was young but I do remember hearing him talk about living under the Union occupation.  His father eventually lost the farm to taxes and the family moved first to Kansas and then Colorado.  My grandfather became an engineer on the Denver, Rio Grand Railroad and ended up settling in Springville, Utah where my mother was born.  None of her siblings joined the Mormon Church but many of their children did.  As my mother was one of nine children I have tons of Mormon relatives on that side of the family.  On my fathers side the family is Roman Catholic.  The two religions make quite a combination. I always laugh and say that a third of my family is Mormon, a third is Roman Catholic, a sixth is Evangelical Christian and a sixth, myself included, is devoutly nothing.

 

My paternal grandfather was born in northern Germany, lived latterly in Norway, and immigrated to the US in 1902, so took no part in post-Civil War US history. However, I just recently learned that my family’s “origin story” starts with grandfather Johann  abandoning a wife and daughter in Oslo in order to elope to the US, at age 37, with an 18-year-old girl who became (practically, if not legally …) my paternal grandmother. It appears that I’m not the first male in my family to make a hobby of following his dick, LOL.

Edited March 20, 2022 by myophile

[OCClient]

 

My dad was stationed on Tinian during WWII. 

He'd be just past 100 if he was still around. 

Dad was nearing 50 when I was born and died in his 60s.  

[samhexum]

On 2/17/2021 at 9:27 PM, samhexum said:

My dad will soon be coming up on his 114th birthday, though we haven't celebrated it since he died in 1992. He was 55 & my mom was 41 when I was born.

 

Can anyone beat that?

Happy 116th tomorrow, dad!