# How old was your mother when you were born? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [September 18, 2004, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-was-your-mother-when-you-were-born/264886 "2004-09-18T19:32:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Lobsang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lobsang/32/4067_2.png) [@Lobsang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobsang)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2004, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-was-your-mother-when-you-were-born/264886/1 "2004-09-18T19:32:54Z")
Saw this poll on another MB. Thought it appropraite for here. Mine was 25. I am the youngest of 3. She was 19 when she had my oldest brother. 22 for my other brother. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2004, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-was-your-mother-when-you-were-born/264886/2 "2004-09-18T19:46:04Z")
Also the youngest of three – but she was 37 when she had me, 32 when she had my brother. There were also a couple of miscarriages in there. ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2004, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-was-your-mother-when-you-were-born/264886/3 "2004-09-18T19:46:33Z")
I don’t remember Mom’s birthdate. However, my wife was born on her mother’s 36th birthday. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2004, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-was-your-mother-when-you-were-born/264886/4 "2004-09-18T19:47:39Z")
Sorry – that should be …“my brother, who’s the oldest.” ---
**Author:** ![pepperlandgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f17d59/32.png) [@pepperlandgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pepperlandgirl)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2004, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-was-your-mother-when-you-were-born/264886/5 "2004-09-18T19:50:01Z")
Oldest of 3, she was 20. ---
**Author:** ![TVeblen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4bbf92/32.png) [@TVeblen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TVeblen)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2004, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-was-your-mother-when-you-were-born/264886/6 "2004-09-18T19:54:06Z")
Mom was 37 when she had me; Dad was 41. I was the last of two. Dad was overseas in the service during WWII during the early years of their marriage. They moved all over the country for some years after the war, as his job transferred him often. I think they both rather enjoyed the adventure and just preferred to defer having kids for a while. ---
**Author:** ![racinchikki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eada6e/32.png) [@racinchikki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racinchikki)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2004, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-was-your-mother-when-you-were-born/264886/7 "2004-09-18T20:01:21Z")
Let’s see… mom was 18 when my sister was born… so when I was born, she was… ::counts on fingers:: 24, going on 25. My sister and I are the only “real” kids, although we now have an adopted little brother, who was born when my mom was 44. ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2004, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-was-your-mother-when-you-were-born/264886/8 "2004-09-18T20:03:07Z")
I’m the third of four children. My mom was 26 when she had me (and 27 when she had my little sister). As my father describes it, they had four children - “one every nine months and fifteen minutes”. Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![vanilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f19dbf/32.png) [@vanilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vanilla)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2004, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-was-your-mother-when-you-were-born/264886/9 "2004-09-18T20:13:18Z")
Mine was 40. Too old, I believe. ---
**Author:** ![whiterabbit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/cab0a1/32.png) [@whiterabbit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whiterabbit)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2004, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-was-your-mother-when-you-were-born/264886/10 "2004-09-18T20:15:41Z")
1. I’m the oldest of two, my brother’s eight years younger. ---
**Author:** ![pool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pool/32/4152_2.png) [@pool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pool)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2004, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-was-your-mother-when-you-were-born/264886/11 "2004-09-18T20:18:33Z")
26, im the youngest of two kids, and she was 22 when she had my sister. ---
**Author:** ![Nightwatch\_Trailer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/9dc877/32.png) [@Nightwatch\_Trailer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nightwatch_Trailer)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2004, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-was-your-mother-when-you-were-born/264886/12 "2004-09-18T20:26:05Z")
I confess that I don’t know my mom’s exact age (:o), but I can get within a year of it. When I, the second of four kids, was born, she would have been around thirty-three; when the oldest was born, thirty; the youngest, forty. ---
**Author:** ![LilyoftheValley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/54ee81/32.png) [@LilyoftheValley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LilyoftheValley)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2004, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-was-your-mother-when-you-were-born/264886/13 "2004-09-18T20:27:35Z")
My mother was 26 when I was born (I’m an only child). I remember thinking this was ancient compared to all my friends’ moms. I was 28 when **ValleyGirl** was born. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![violacrane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/c57346/32.png) [@violacrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/violacrane)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2004, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-was-your-mother-when-you-were-born/264886/14 "2004-09-18T20:33:32Z")
Youngest of two, Mum was 28. I remember being rather shocked that a friend’s mum was 28 when we were 12. ---
**Author:** ![fishbicycle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aeb1de/32.png) [@fishbicycle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fishbicycle)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2004, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-was-your-mother-when-you-were-born/264886/15 "2004-09-18T20:33:51Z")
My mom was 19 when I was born. She’d already been married for two years. In between me and my next brother, she had two miscarriages, both girls. She was 25 when my next brother was born, and 26 for my youngest brother. ---
**Author:** ![F.U.Shakespeare](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aca169/32.png) [@F.U.Shakespeare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/F.U.Shakespeare)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2004, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-was-your-mother-when-you-were-born/264886/16 "2004-09-18T20:34:12Z")
1. Mom was 35 when my older brother was born, and 45 when my younger brother was born. (Dad was _24 years_ older than her). ---
**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2004, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-was-your-mother-when-you-were-born/264886/17 "2004-09-18T20:35:25Z")
I’m the third of four. Mom was 27 when she had me, 22 (I’m pretty sure) when she had my oldest brother, 24 when she had my next brother, and 35 when she had my younger brother. Dad was 26, 29, 31 and 39 when each of us were born. ---
**Author:** ![Burrido](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@Burrido](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Burrido)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2004, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-was-your-mother-when-you-were-born/264886/18 "2004-09-18T20:40:42Z")
19 for my sister, 20 for me, 21 for my brother. Must of been hell. ---
**Author:** ![vanilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/f19dbf/32.png) [@vanilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vanilla)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2004, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-was-your-mother-when-you-were-born/264886/19 "2004-09-18T20:42:40Z")
A friend of mine has her child when she was 14. ---
**Author:** ![luluBahrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e5b9ba/32.png) [@luluBahrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/luluBahrain)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2004, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-was-your-mother-when-you-were-born/264886/20 "2004-09-18T20:49:27Z")
She had me when she was 24. I am the oldest of 3. The youngest was born when my mom was 38. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-was-your-mother-when-you-were-born/264886.md?page=2)