I've never known anyone personally face to face, who still have 5 surviving generations in an extended family. The most has been 4 generations.

I think we have 3 surviving generations so far..I'm not sure about 4th generation. I do have alot of first cousins who in turn have MAY be a grandparent, that I may not be aware of because I'm not close to hardly any of my cousins.

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