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I think if you look at the fact that 7 of the 12 people this has ever happened to are millennials, or were considered millennials at some point in the 5,000 times the generational definition has been changed, then I suppose yes it could vaguely be construed as a tiny slice of a particular sect of millennial culture.
Having said that, there are millennials who are grandparents, and I would bet my last buck that there are some who are great-grandparents (or soon to be) at this point. There are millennials still working on their secondary education, living with roommies, and never even been on a date, basically living a lifestyle and culture not much different than people considered Gen Z. The overwhelming majority of us have never experienced anything like the scenario in that post, so from that perspective, I'd say, no it's not something specifically tied to "millennial culture".
Great grand parents who are at maximum 45 years old? So they had kids at 15 and then their kids had kids at 15 who are having kids right now? I mean yeah that could happen. Seems like an extreme outlier but I wouldn't bet against it.
My sister had a classmate whose mother and grandmother each got pregnant at 15. Starting when this girl was 15 and for the rest of high school, they basically never let her be alone with anyone.
She did go a little wild in college, but she was well aware she didn’t want to get pregnant until she was settled.
Edit: this was not intended as a counterpoint to the likeliness of this, both because teen pregnancy has also gone down a bunch since this family got started, and because “an internet commenter’s sister’s classmate” is legitimately more ridiculous than the example relationship I give to discredit urban legends.
What kind of math is that? They'd be grandparents at 30 if they and their kids had kids at 15...
It's possible for both to have had kids at 19 and the grandparent still would be a millenial.
You said great grand parents. So parents at 15. Grandparents at 30. Great grand parents at 45. Which is possible but seems like an outlier and not representative of average millennial when discussing millennial experiences or tropes.