Knowing 5 generations in 1 family

[Tuckervill]

In 2005, I took my baby grandson, my son, myself, and my father to see his mother in the nursing home. There's a picture of the 5 of us here somewhere. She died the next January, at age 100.

[Owlie]

We have a four-generation picture somewhere: My great-grandomther, my grandmother, my mom, and me as a baby. My great-grandmother died two or three years after that picture was taken.

I don't think that's likely to happen again. My grandmother's 90-something and not in the best of shape (Alzheimer's). There's also a tendency on my mom's side of the family to have children relatively late (30s). While there's longevity on that side of the family, not so much on my dad's side.

[Crankin]

While 3/4 of my grandparents lived until their 90s, 5 generations isn't going to happen unless a couple of generations have kids in their teens.
We had plenty of 4 generation years, with my mom's parents. They died when my kids were 12 and 14. My kids saw them a lot and got a lot of history from them... some of it not exactly appropriate for kids. Did you know that Rose Kennedy liked to (insert Yiddish word here) the Jewish boys in the West End?
Still, it was a wonderful experience for my kids.

[Tuckervill]

In 2005, I took my baby grandson, my son, myself, and my father to see his mother in the nursing home. There's a picture of the 5 of us here somewhere. She died the next January, at age 100.

Just to clarify, none of us were teen parents. My grandmother was 30 when my dad was born. He was 27 when I was born. I was 20 when my son was born. He was 23 when his son was born.

[OakLeaf]

We have a four-generation picture someplace also. My grandmother at her 90th birthday party, my mother, my sisters and I, and my niece ... all touching our toes.