# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2012, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-older-are-you-parents-to-you/613964/21 "2012-02-25T18:00:16Z")
Mom 27 dad 28. I was the second. ---
**Author:** ![Enuma\_Elish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5e9695/32.png) [@Enuma\_Elish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enuma_Elish)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2012, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-older-are-you-parents-to-you/613964/22 "2012-02-25T18:08:21Z")
Dad was 41 years older. Mom is 33 years older. I am the last of 6 (or 7 if you count stillborns…) ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Girlfriend](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.girlfriend/32/193_2.png) [@Dr.Girlfriend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Girlfriend)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2012, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-older-are-you-parents-to-you/613964/23 "2012-02-25T18:10:20Z")
I’m the oldest child, Mom was 26 and Dad 25 when I was born. ---
**Author:** ![UncaStuart](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/uncastuart/32/404_2.png) [@UncaStuart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncaStuart)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2012, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-older-are-you-parents-to-you/613964/24 "2012-02-25T18:23:19Z")
Both parents 27 years older. I am the second of four. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2012, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-older-are-you-parents-to-you/613964/25 "2012-02-25T18:23:33Z")
Last of 4. Mom 33, Dad 40. ---
**Author:** ![congodwarf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e36b37/32.png) [@congodwarf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/congodwarf)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2012, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-older-are-you-parents-to-you/613964/26 "2012-02-25T18:38:03Z")
My mother was two months past turning 29. My father was two months away from turning 24. I was their third child (of 3 - for my mom, of 5 - for my father) ---
**Author:** ![Corcaigh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Corcaigh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Corcaigh)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2012, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-older-are-you-parents-to-you/613964/27 "2012-02-25T18:48:52Z")
Mother 36, father 42. I’m the youngest (by years) of three ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2012, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-older-are-you-parents-to-you/613964/28 "2012-02-25T19:00:58Z")
I’m the only child of this marriage (my half-brother is adopted in my dad’s first one) - my mom was 38 and my dad was 48. Mom was often mistaken for my grandmother when I was a child. ---
**Author:** ![chizzuk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e36b37/32.png) [@chizzuk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chizzuk)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2012, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-older-are-you-parents-to-you/613964/29 "2012-02-25T19:10:45Z")
Mom had just turned 37 (her birthday is 9 days before mine), Dad was 36. First child for both of them. My brother is 26 months younger than me. They married late and waited 7 years after that to start having kids. They planned for two, got them, and stopped. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2012, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-older-are-you-parents-to-you/613964/30 "2012-02-25T19:13:34Z")
[mod] Since this is a poll, I’ll move from MPSIMS to IMHO. [/mod] [nonmod] My mother was 38, my father was 40. Youngest of three, with two additional miscarriages before I was born. [/nonmod] ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2012, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-older-are-you-parents-to-you/613964/31 "2012-02-25T19:20:52Z")
My parents are both 20 years older than I am. ---
**Author:** ![BTEzra04](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9f8e36/32.png) [@BTEzra04](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BTEzra04)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2012, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-older-are-you-parents-to-you/613964/32 "2012-02-25T19:33:05Z")
My mom was 43 when she had me. My dad was 56. Seriously. ---
**Author:** ![MsJinx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/278dde/32.png) [@MsJinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsJinx)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2012, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-older-are-you-parents-to-you/613964/33 "2012-02-25T19:35:05Z")
Mom was 24, dad was 36. I was the third. I was 30 with my first child, 38 with second,46 with my third. All eight years apart. My sister threated to lock me up when I turned 54 if I didn’t take a vow of celibacy. ---
**Author:** ![StGermain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stgermain/32/2868_2.png) [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2012, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-older-are-you-parents-to-you/613964/34 "2012-02-25T19:37:10Z")
Both parents were 29. I was the 7th child, 5th living child. Also the last - my mother had uterine cancer while she was carrying me and had to have a hysterectomy after my birth. StG ---
**Author:** ![Rhiannon8404](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhiannon8404/32/17929_2.png) [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2012, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-older-are-you-parents-to-you/613964/35 "2012-02-25T19:38:00Z")
First born. Mother was 23, father was 29. I was 29 when my son was born. ---
**Author:** ![thirdwarning](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecccb3/32.png) [@thirdwarning](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thirdwarning)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2012, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-older-are-you-parents-to-you/613964/36 "2012-02-25T20:04:11Z")
My father was a few weeks away from 51 when I was born, my mother nearly 36. I am his 6th, their 3rd together. From the oldest to the youngest of Dad’s children, it’s a 28 year span. ---
**Author:** ![PandaBear77](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/edb3f5/32.png) [@PandaBear77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PandaBear77)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2012, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-older-are-you-parents-to-you/613964/37 "2012-02-25T20:07:15Z")
I’m an only. Mom was 29, dad was a couple of weeks shy of 27. ---
**Author:** ![rhubarbarin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eb9ed0/32.png) [@rhubarbarin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rhubarbarin)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2012, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-older-are-you-parents-to-you/613964/38 "2012-02-25T20:30:04Z")
I’m the firstborn. Mom had just turned 26 (my current age), Dad was 28, they’d already been married for 5 years. ---
**Author:** ![Pai325](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@Pai325](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pai325)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2012, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-older-are-you-parents-to-you/613964/39 "2012-02-25T20:38:09Z")
Father 31, Mother 20. Second child. ---
**Author:** ![Cazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cazzle/32/75_2.png) [@Cazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cazzle)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2012, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-older-are-you-parents-to-you/613964/40 "2012-02-25T20:46:08Z")
22 and 23. I was their first. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-older-are-you-parents-to-you/613964.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-older-are-you-parents-to-you/613964.md?page=3)