# 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:** 3
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2012, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-older-are-you-parents-to-you/613964/41 "2012-02-25T20:52:14Z")
Father 39, Mother 38. Officially I was the 2nd of two children (but I am skeptical). My Live birth certificate said there was two deliveries prior to my birth. My sister says one prior to her birth. I know Mom had a miscarriage, but that doesn’t count as delivery, does it? ---
**Author:** ![antonio107](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7ea924/32.png) [@antonio107](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/antonio107)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2012, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-older-are-you-parents-to-you/613964/42 "2012-02-25T20:53:15Z")
Only child. Mom was 35, dad was 54. Some retirement gift. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2012, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-older-are-you-parents-to-you/613964/43 "2012-02-25T21:27:43Z")
> [@OpalCat](#): > > My parents are both 20 years older than I am. I was beginning to wonder if I was the only one born to young parents. My Mom was 19, my father was 18. I am an only child (well, I have a half-sister on my father’s side, but… long story.) ---
**Author:** ![lindsaybluth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/90db22/32.png) [@lindsaybluth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lindsaybluth)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2012, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-older-are-you-parents-to-you/613964/44 "2012-02-25T21:55:16Z")
31 and 41. First child for both 11 months after the wedding. #3 arrived when they were 39 and 49. Yowza. ---
**Author:** ![kushiel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bbce88/32.png) [@kushiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kushiel)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2012, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-older-are-you-parents-to-you/613964/45 "2012-02-25T22:44:02Z")
Dad 45, Mom 38. Second child. I’m also the youngest first cousin on both sides of my family - I was born laaaaate. ---
**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, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-older-are-you-parents-to-you/613964/46 "2012-02-25T22:48:08Z")
> [@notfrommensa](#): > > Father 39, Mother 38. Officially I was the 2nd of two children (but I am skeptical). > > My Live birth certificate said there was two deliveries prior to my birth. My sister says one prior to her birth. I know Mom had a miscarriage, but that doesn’t count as delivery, does it? It could’ve been a stillbirth, or death shortly after birth. My mother had two sets of twins, but one set was born very prematurely and didn’t make it. My mother didn’t count them among her children if someone asked how many kids she had, but they were born and died and mourned. StG ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2012, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-older-are-you-parents-to-you/613964/47 "2012-02-25T22:48:27Z")
23 years (approximately - Mom’s birthday’s 3 weeks before mine, Dad’s 3 weeks after - yes, I am EXACTLY equidistant between them). First born. Didn’t come around until they’d been married for about 4 years. ---
**Author:** ![RetroVertigo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b38774/32.png) [@RetroVertigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RetroVertigo)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2012, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-older-are-you-parents-to-you/613964/48 "2012-02-25T23:10:30Z")
My Mom was 18, and my Dad was 22. My Wife’s Mom was 15, and Dad 17. ---
**Author:** ![Chanteuse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9de053/32.png) [@Chanteuse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chanteuse)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2012, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-older-are-you-parents-to-you/613964/49 "2012-02-25T23:18:17Z")
Mom was less than a month past her 18th birthday, Dad just over a month past his 23rd. I was the first of six born, five surviving (the one lived for just a day). ---
**Author:** ![Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Ulf\_the\_Unwashed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ulf_the_Unwashed)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2012, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-older-are-you-parents-to-you/613964/50 "2012-02-25T23:59:23Z")
Mom 20, Dad 24. First in family, first grandchild on both sides of family. ---
**Author:** ![PaulParkhead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@PaulParkhead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PaulParkhead)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2012, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-older-are-you-parents-to-you/613964/51 "2012-02-26T00:54:25Z")
Mother 24, Father four days short of 27. I’m their first child. When my own first was born, her mother and I were both 25. ---
**Author:** ![Mona\_Lott](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ee7513/32.png) [@Mona\_Lott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mona_Lott)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2012, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-older-are-you-parents-to-you/613964/52 "2012-02-26T02:03:32Z")
Dad was 32 when I was born. Mom was 25. I am his second child and her first. Both of them have passed on–Dad in 1980 and Mom in 2006. ---
**Author:** ![Anna\_Nimity](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecae2f/32.png) [@Anna\_Nimity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anna_Nimity)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2012, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-older-are-you-parents-to-you/613964/53 "2012-02-26T02:29:24Z")
Mom was 27 and Dad was 25. I was the first of five for both of them. ---
**Author:** ![MentalGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/439d5e/32.png) [@MentalGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MentalGuy)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2012, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-older-are-you-parents-to-you/613964/54 "2012-02-26T04:09:42Z")
My father was 51, my mother 37. I was their third child (my father’s fourth). My closest sibling was almost 15 when I was born. ---
**Author:** ![kirk1168](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/45deac/32.png) [@kirk1168](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kirk1168)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2012, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-older-are-you-parents-to-you/613964/55 "2012-02-26T04:48:11Z")
Father 28 Mother 22 Only child ---
**Author:** ![Invisible\_Chimp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/f05b48/32.png) [@Invisible\_Chimp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Invisible_Chimp)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2012, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-older-are-you-parents-to-you/613964/56 "2012-02-26T05:33:22Z")
My dad was one score and seven and my mom one score and six when I became the middle of three. ---
**Author:** ![Suburban\_Plankton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suburban_plankton/32/219_2.png) [@Suburban\_Plankton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suburban_Plankton)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2012, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-older-are-you-parents-to-you/613964/57 "2012-02-26T06:19:19Z")
My mom was 41 and my dad 43. The youngest of 3 (my brother and sister are 17 and 19 years older than me), I was a 20th anniversary ‘surprise’ 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2012, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-older-are-you-parents-to-you/613964/58 "2012-02-26T14:52:16Z")
When I was born, my mother was 32 and my father was almost 32. ---
**Author:** ![Ann\_Onimous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ea5d25/32.png) [@Ann\_Onimous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Onimous)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2012, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-older-are-you-parents-to-you/613964/59 "2012-02-26T15:14:11Z")
Mother was 18. The man who claims to be but yet can’t be my father who is named on my birth certificate was 19. I’m an only child. Hubby - mom 28, dad 35. He is the oldest of three. ---
**Author:** ![BrotherCadfael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@BrotherCadfael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrotherCadfael)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2012, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-older-are-you-parents-to-you/613964/60 "2012-02-26T18:16:53Z")
Sixth kid, dad 36 years older, mom 33 years older, ten years younger than oldest sibling. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-older-are-you-parents-to-you/613964.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-older-are-you-parents-to-you/613964.md?page=4)