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Uh huh, uh huh. But you didn't say that at first.
You said:
And I'm saying there's plenty of them. Especially since the older you are, the older your grandparents are/would have been then. And I said I'm not even 40. So for those who are 40 and up, their grandparents would likely have been even older.
I just think you exaggerated a bit in your first take, that's all. And that's fine.
some families just have spread out generations, too. my bio family has 5 generations in the same span my wife's has 4. i'm the second oldest of the grandchildren on my side of the family, my wife is the second youngest of the great-grandchildren on her side of the family.
Sure, but 5 generations isn't exactly an average situation. Maybe not even 4. So on average I still maintain my assumption that there are plenty of people here on Lemmy with grandmothers who were older than 15 during the early 40s. ✅
5 generations in 120 years is unusual?
I thought you meant you have 5 generations alive right now. That's unusual. 4 is less unusual but also not the majority, I imagine.
But yeah, that's not what you meant so nevermind. 👍
yeah, i realize i was unclear about the period of time originally and that i probably originally implied 4-5 generations since 1945. but my point was less about lengths of specific generations and just that some families reproduce faster.
on my side of the family, currently 4 generations alive but the first of generation 5 is due in about 6 months. my wife's side of the family, there are 3 generations alive, the last of the first generation we're counting will last at most 5 more years and no one's having kids for at least a decade, so it's soon to just be 2 generations alive.
demography is weird.
7 would be unusual, 4-6 seems normal