# Anyone else have a grandparent born in the 19th century?

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**Created:** [May 8, 2012, 9:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-have-a-grandparent-born-in-the-19th-century/621262 "2012-05-08T09:18:28Z")\
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**Post date:** [May 13, 2012, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-else-have-a-grandparent-born-in-the-19th-century/621262/101 "2012-05-13T12:57:24Z")

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All of my grandparents were born before 1900. My paternal grandfather was born in 1885 (in Ireland). My maternal grandfather remembered seeing President Theodore Roosevelt (speaking in Boston). He also met Harry Houdini (the famous magician).

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