# Has anyone lived to see their own child turn 90? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [June 7, 2012, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-lived-to-see-their-own-child-turn-90/624403 "2012-06-07T17:13:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![SubaRhubarb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecd19e/32.png) [@SubaRhubarb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SubaRhubarb)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2012, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-lived-to-see-their-own-child-turn-90/624403/21 "2012-06-08T22:11:54Z")
I know a woman who is 108. Her daughter is 91. They HATE each other and have hated each other for 40 years. Willamena keeps telling her daughter to die already so she can have some peace and quiet. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2012, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-lived-to-see-their-own-child-turn-90/624403/22 "2012-06-08T23:08:28Z")
> [@Wendell\_Wagner](#): > > I calculated once that anyone 110 or older has an estimated half-life at any point from then on of about eight months. In other words, if someone is 110 or older, there’s a 50/50 chance that they will live another eight months. Since 114 years minus 110 years = 6 times eight months, someone who lives to 110 has about one chance in 64 of living to 114. This shows why it’s so astounding that Jeanne Calment lived to 122. Reminds me of when my grandmother broke her hip when she was eighty years old. Her doctor told us that at her advanced age a broken hip was a very serious injury and we should be prepared for the worst. And sure enough, seventeen years later she died. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2012, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-lived-to-see-their-own-child-turn-90/624403/23 "2012-06-15T15:56:07Z")
[Here is a nice story about a 104 year old mother taking care of her 87 year old daughter who is suffering from dementia.](http://news.yahoo.com/mothers-love-still-strong-104-215716487--abc-news-topstories.html) ---
**Author:** ![Keeve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f07891/32.png) [@Keeve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Keeve)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2012, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-lived-to-see-their-own-child-turn-90/624403/24 "2012-06-15T16:53:51Z")
Here’s a place to look for more info: [Wikipedia’s list of Americans aged 110 or more](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_supercentenarians_from_the_United_States). ---
**Author:** ![benbo1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e19adc/32.png) [@benbo1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/benbo1)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2012, 8:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-lived-to-see-their-own-child-turn-90/624403/25 "2012-06-19T08:39:16Z")
Madonna? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2012, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-lived-to-see-their-own-child-turn-90/624403/26 "2012-06-19T16:53:40Z")
> [@benbo1](#): > > Madonna? 😉 We’re going to need more than a smiley and a wink if we’re going to get the joke here. What’s the punchline? Madonna is 53 years old - that makes her ancient? ---
**Author:** ![benbo1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e19adc/32.png) [@benbo1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/benbo1)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2012, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-lived-to-see-their-own-child-turn-90/624403/27 "2012-06-19T18:58:28Z")
yes. Next time I’ll remember to include the formatting, like [joke] Madonna [\joke] ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2012, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-lived-to-see-their-own-child-turn-90/624403/28 "2012-06-19T19:29:02Z")
> [@benbo1](#): > > yes. Next time I’ll remember to include the formatting, like > > [joke] > Madonna > [\joke] Oh. . . OK, [in that case](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=15182743&postcount=3). ---
**Author:** ![benbo1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e19adc/32.png) [@benbo1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/benbo1)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2012, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-lived-to-see-their-own-child-turn-90/624403/29 "2012-06-19T19:34:06Z")
[sarcasm] That’s so clever. All bow to the superior joke-telling skills of the Humor Master. [\sarcasm] ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2012, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-lived-to-see-their-own-child-turn-90/624403/30 "2012-06-19T23:22:10Z")
> [@benbo1](#): > > yes. Next time I’ll remember to include the formatting, like > > [joke] > Madonna > [\joke] Really? So that actually was your joke? Madonna is 53 and that’s really old? ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2012, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-lived-to-see-their-own-child-turn-90/624403/31 "2012-06-20T01:14:00Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > Really? So that actually was your joke? Madonna is 53 and that’s really old? But her kids isn’t old…like she had a kid at 13 or something. I protest that this joke makes no sense at all. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-lived-to-see-their-own-child-turn-90/624403.md?page=1)