# How much older are you parents to you? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [February 25, 2012, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-older-are-you-parents-to-you/613964 "2012-02-25T15:55:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![AK84](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85e7bf/32.png) [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2012, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-older-are-you-parents-to-you/613964/1 "2012-02-25T15:55:54Z")
And you were child no#? Me: Father 32 years, mother 27. First for each. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2012, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-older-are-you-parents-to-you/613964/2 "2012-02-25T15:59:52Z")
40 and 43 years older. Fourth child. ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2012, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-older-are-you-parents-to-you/613964/3 "2012-02-25T16:21:23Z")
I was my parents’ first child; when I was born, my dad was 34 and my mom was 31. They’d been married for three years. ---
**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:** [February 25, 2012, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-older-are-you-parents-to-you/613964/4 "2012-02-25T16:31:17Z")
Father 28; mother 26. Second child. ---
**Author:** ![ASanders](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asanders/32/3367_2.png) [@ASanders](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ASanders)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2012, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-older-are-you-parents-to-you/613964/5 "2012-02-25T16:41:29Z")
Parents both 36 at my birth, 2nd child. My parents are both gone now, which gives me pause. I was 39 when child #2 arrived for me. ---
**Author:** ![spankthecrumpet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a87d85/32.png) [@spankthecrumpet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/spankthecrumpet)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2012, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-older-are-you-parents-to-you/613964/6 "2012-02-25T16:47:52Z")
Father 29 Mother 28. First “successful” child, but there was a miscarriage before. ---
**Author:** ![Lanzy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/74df32/32.png) [@Lanzy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lanzy)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2012, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-older-are-you-parents-to-you/613964/7 "2012-02-25T16:49:18Z")
I was their second child, Father 34, Mother 18. ---
**Author:** ![BaconAndEggs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f4b2a3/32.png) [@BaconAndEggs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BaconAndEggs)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2012, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-older-are-you-parents-to-you/613964/8 "2012-02-25T16:51:33Z")
I’m an only child. Mother and father were 25 when I was born. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2012, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-older-are-you-parents-to-you/613964/9 "2012-02-25T16:52:13Z")
Firstborn - Mom had just turned 20, Dad turned 24 a month later. I was 31 when my only child was born. ---
**Author:** ![Susie\_Derkins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47774/32.png) [@Susie\_Derkins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Susie_Derkins)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2012, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-older-are-you-parents-to-you/613964/10 "2012-02-25T16:53:33Z")
Both my parents are 18 years older. First child of four. ---
**Author:** ![StuffLikeThatThere](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc8723/32.png) [@StuffLikeThatThere](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StuffLikeThatThere)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2012, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-older-are-you-parents-to-you/613964/11 "2012-02-25T16:58:08Z")
Dad was 46, mom was 38. Last of five kids, and a bonus baby. ---
**Author:** ![bunnymom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c4cdca/32.png) [@bunnymom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bunnymom)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2012, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-older-are-you-parents-to-you/613964/12 "2012-02-25T16:59:15Z")
I am my Mom’s first child and my Dad’s sixth. Mom was 34 and Dad was 64 when I was born. My brother came three years later. I was just turned 17 when my oldest was born (34 days from my birthday to his). ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2012, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-older-are-you-parents-to-you/613964/13 "2012-02-25T16:59:28Z")
First child. My mother was 21, my father 25. ---
**Author:** ![AK84](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85e7bf/32.png) [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2012, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-older-are-you-parents-to-you/613964/14 "2012-02-25T17:00:22Z")
Mods could you please correct the typo in the title, it should read, “your parents” ---
**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:** [February 25, 2012, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-older-are-you-parents-to-you/613964/15 "2012-02-25T17:08:05Z")
2nd child. Dad, 32 years older. Mom, 31 years older. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2012, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-older-are-you-parents-to-you/613964/16 "2012-02-25T17:14:35Z")
My parents were 35 when I was born, the distant third child and, I’m sure, an accident. That was old to have a child back in the 40s, without the medical care of today. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2012, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-older-are-you-parents-to-you/613964/17 "2012-02-25T17:16:29Z")
My dad turned 26 the year I was born (about six months after). My mom turned 24 nine days before I was born. ---
**Author:** ![Taomist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/53a042/32.png) [@Taomist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taomist)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2012, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-older-are-you-parents-to-you/613964/18 "2012-02-25T17:36:14Z")
First for my mom, when she was 21; 3rd for my dad, when he was 28. ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2012, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-older-are-you-parents-to-you/613964/19 "2012-02-25T17:47:13Z")
Dad 34, Mom 31. ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2012, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-older-are-you-parents-to-you/613964/20 "2012-02-25T17:57:41Z")
> [@ASanders](#): > > Parents both 36 at my birth, 2nd child. My parents are both gone now. Me, too, to all of the above. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-older-are-you-parents-to-you/613964.md?page=2)