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Title: Oldest person in your family.
Post by: Coca Fola on Thursday, August 16, 2012, 20:32:03
I'll start us off. Only 92 for me, my great uncle who is alive and well. He fought in WW2 as a Partisan so he has a few interesting stories to tell. I'm interested to see how many people have had a relative who has lived over 100.


Title: Re: Oldest person in your family.
Post by: sonicyouth on Thursday, August 16, 2012, 20:34:34
All of my grandparents are dead, so I'll steal my wife's grandfather who is a measly 86.


Title: Re: Oldest person in your family.
Post by: Coca Fola on Thursday, August 16, 2012, 20:37:26
I'm hoping this will turn into top trumps.


Title: Re: Oldest person in your family.
Post by: Flashheart on Thursday, August 16, 2012, 20:38:28
My Nan.

Same age as her Maj.


Title: Re: Oldest person in your family.
Post by: Batch on Thursday, August 16, 2012, 20:38:36
I don't actually know. My great great Aunt died 99 last year. The grandparents have gone now too. But I don't know half my mums side family or any of my dads side. So the oldest I know is 68ish.

Twice in my lifetime we have had 5 living generations. Unfortunately all the old ones are women!


Title: Re: Oldest person in your family.
Post by: Coca Fola on Thursday, August 16, 2012, 20:40:16
I don't actually know. My great great Aunt died 99 last year. The grandparents have gone now too. But I don't know half my mums side family or any of my dads side. So the oldest I know is 68ish.

Twice in my lifetime we have had 5 living generations. Unfortunately all the old ones are women!
There are people in Guinea Bissau who could give you a run for your money!  :eek:


Title: Re: Oldest person in your family.
Post by: SleafordRobin on Thursday, August 16, 2012, 20:49:43
I'm 50 on Tuesday!  My old Gramps is still going, lives in Ramsbury, about 98 I think.


Title: Re: Oldest person in your family.
Post by: leefer on Thursday, August 16, 2012, 21:36:26
I thought my great grandmother was 111 on one of her records but i looked at the wrong record...it said she was ill.


Title: Re: Oldest person in your family.
Post by: Notts red on Thursday, August 16, 2012, 21:51:25
Until recently we have had 5 generations in the family. The 5 generations lasted about 10 years which is pretty unusual. My great Nan who passed away in May was 98 whilst my niece is 10.


Title: Re: Oldest person in your family.
Post by: suttonred on Thursday, August 16, 2012, 21:52:51
Not a relative, but i know mex and off to his 96th birthday next week.


Title: Re: Oldest person in your family.
Post by: reeves4england on Thursday, August 16, 2012, 21:56:55
I don't have any particularly old relatives. However, a 60-ish-year-old Kenyan colleague of mine's grandad is still knocking around, and going for mountain walks. Thing is, nobody knows how old the guy is as when he was younger Kenyans never used to bother keeping count!


Title: Re: Oldest person in your family.
Post by: maggers86 on Thursday, August 16, 2012, 23:15:15
My grandad is 95 and was in the terraces for us away at morcambe in april!


Title: Re: Oldest person in your family.
Post by: china red on Friday, August 17, 2012, 04:40:40
My nan was born in 1915, is 97 later this year and her first memory was of her dad coming back from ww 1



Title: Re: Oldest person in your family.
Post by: Ardiles on Friday, August 17, 2012, 05:58:42
My grandad is 95 and was in the terraces for us away at morcambe in april!

Some great stories there...and this one is just brilliant!  A front runner in the competition for Swindon's oldest fan.


Title: Re: Oldest person in your family.
Post by: Ardiles on Friday, August 17, 2012, 06:04:25
A fairly unimpressive 70ish for me (for an aunt) - but only because the older generation in my family passed on recently in fairly quick succession.  Just over 5 years ago I still had 3 living grandparents, but they died within the space of 2½ years, aged between 86 and 91.  Nearly 40 now, so I count myself lucky to have known them for as long as I did.  And some good genes in there, hopefully!


Title: Re: Oldest person in your family.
Post by: axs on Friday, August 17, 2012, 07:27:41
67 for me, although my great aunt lived to 101


Title: Re: Oldest person in your family.
Post by: 4D on Friday, August 17, 2012, 07:31:53
My dad. Time has flown by  :(


Title: Re: Oldest person in your family.
Post by: nevillew on Friday, August 17, 2012, 10:50:57
*Reg*   "Me"


Title: Re: Oldest person in your family.
Post by: TheMajorSTFC on Friday, August 17, 2012, 10:55:14
My Nan is currently 93 years young!


Title: Re: Oldest person in your family.
Post by: tans on Friday, August 17, 2012, 10:59:19
My grandad is 95 and was in the terraces for us away at morcambe in april!

Top boy i heard


Title: Re: Oldest person in your family.
Post by: Reg Smeeton on Friday, August 17, 2012, 10:59:52
*Reg*   "Me"

 :)


Title: Re: Oldest person in your family.
Post by: inept and tiresome on Friday, August 17, 2012, 15:30:00
me 57  :badmood:


Title: Re: Oldest person in your family.
Post by: DV on Friday, August 17, 2012, 15:30:49
my one remaining grandparent aged 84.


Title: Re: Oldest person in your family.
Post by: Cibocchi_Is_God on Friday, August 17, 2012, 15:33:03
My great grandad is about 97 I think... Relatively young thereafter.