# How old were you when you lost your last grandparent? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [February 29, 2008, 6:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-were-you-when-you-lost-your-last-grandparent/439617 "2008-02-29T06:49:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 10
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2018, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-were-you-when-you-lost-your-last-grandparent/439617/181 "2018-05-13T03:14:27Z")
25 years old; my grandmother died in 2013. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2018, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-were-you-when-you-lost-your-last-grandparent/439617/182 "2018-05-13T03:20:33Z")
39 YO; my maternal grandmother died in 1999 at the age of 90. ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2018, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-were-you-when-you-lost-your-last-grandparent/439617/183 "2018-05-13T04:51:16Z")
I never knew either of my grandfathers. My paternal grandmother died in 1962, when I was 13. My maternal grandmother died in 1966, when I was 17. ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2018, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-were-you-when-you-lost-your-last-grandparent/439617/184 "2018-05-13T05:40:55Z")
Ten. My father’s parnts both died before I was born. My mothers parents died I think when I was about 8 and 10. My grandmother never spoke English. I probably already answered this, I’ve made some posts here I can’t remember. ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2018, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-were-you-when-you-lost-your-last-grandparent/439617/185 "2018-05-13T16:18:11Z")
Forty for me. My mom’s mom died at 93 just before I turned 41. I was 14 when my great-grandmother (My dad’s mom’s mom) died. ---
**Author:** ![jz78817](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jz78817/32/1028_2.png) [@jz78817](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jz78817)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2018, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-were-you-when-you-lost-your-last-grandparent/439617/186 "2018-05-13T16:31:16Z")
40, since it was early last year. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2018, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-were-you-when-you-lost-your-last-grandparent/439617/187 "2018-05-13T16:44:10Z")
I’d just turned 40. My wife’s 53 and one of her grandparents is still alive, although at this point it’s more a case of the body lingering on after the mind has gone. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2018, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-were-you-when-you-lost-your-last-grandparent/439617/188 "2018-05-13T20:29:36Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > I was 36 when my last grandparent died at the age of 89. > > One grandfather was born in 1876! He had my father late in life and died before I was born. Just to mention, in addition to the above I lost the last blood relative from my parent’s generation at age 59. My deceased father’s last living sibling. (My mother was an only child.) I still have a couple of aunts by marriage but am now at the top of the heap geneticswise. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2018, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-were-you-when-you-lost-your-last-grandparent/439617/189 "2018-05-13T20:38:32Z")
I wonder who in this thread was the oldest when their last grandparent died. I must be up there as I was 57, and my maternal grandmother just short of 108 when she died. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2018, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-were-you-when-you-lost-your-last-grandparent/439617/190 "2018-05-13T20:47:42Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > Just to mention, in addition to the above I lost the last blood relative from my parent’s generation at age 59. My deceased father’s last living sibling. (My mother was an only child.) I still have a couple of aunts by marriage but am now at the top of the heap geneticswise. That doesn’t look very clear. _I_ was 59, my uncle was 97. ---
**Author:** ![Jennshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Jennshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jennshark)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2018, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-were-you-when-you-lost-your-last-grandparent/439617/191 "2018-05-13T21:14:55Z")
I’m 51, born in 1967. The great-grandparents: Gramma J, 1978 Gramma McD, 1970 Gramma K, 2003 Gramp K, 2000 Gramp E, 1977 The grandparents: Gramma J, 2000 Gramp J, 2008 Gramp D, 1998 Gramma D, 2018 ---
**Author:** ![Hari\_Seldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hari_seldon/32/5173_2.png) [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2018, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-were-you-when-you-lost-your-last-grandparent/439617/192 "2018-05-13T23:11:10Z")
When I was born, I had four living grandparents and two greats (my maternal grandmother’s parents). One great died when I was one and the other when I was 6. When I was 17 my maternal grandfather died and the other one when I was just a month short of 19. My maternal grandmother died when I was 25 and the other one about a year later. ---
**Author:** ![lingyi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d2c977/32.png) [@lingyi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lingyi)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2018, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-were-you-when-you-lost-your-last-grandparent/439617/193 "2018-05-13T23:34:43Z")
My paternal grandmother at 16. On my birthday! My Dad woke me up and told me. My paternal grandfather at ~18 My maternal grandmother -early 20’s My maternal grandfather -mid 30’s My maternal grandmother went like Elvis. On the bowl! My Aunt who found her said she looked so peaceful sitting there!😉 ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2018, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-were-you-when-you-lost-your-last-grandparent/439617/194 "2018-05-13T23:39:23Z")
I apparently missed this thread in its original incarnation, and both revivals. 🙂 I was 29 when my final grandparent (my maternal grandmother) died, in 1994. The other three: - Paternal grandfather died when I was 5. - Maternal grandfather died when I was 18. - Paternal grandmother died when I was 26. Neither of my parents were terribly old when I was born (dad was 31, mom was 24), but all of my great-grandparents were already gone by that point. ---
**Author:** ![betterlifethroughchemistry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/betterlifethroughchemistry/32/3094_2.png) [@betterlifethroughchemistry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/betterlifethroughchemistry)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2018, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-were-you-when-you-lost-your-last-grandparent/439617/195 "2018-05-13T23:58:54Z")
I was 19 when I lost my last grandparent - paternal grandmother. I lost her, my best friend at the time in college (single car drunk driving accident) and my horse (cancer) all in the course of a few days…that was a tough week… ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2018, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-were-you-when-you-lost-your-last-grandparent/439617/196 "2018-05-14T00:36:51Z")
47 - it just happened three months ago, my maternal grandfather, bless his memory. ---
**Author:** ![AK84](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85e7bf/32.png) [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2018, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-were-you-when-you-lost-your-last-grandparent/439617/197 "2018-05-14T03:19:26Z")
Maternal Grandfather: 11 Paternal Grandather: 22 Maternal Grandmother\*: 26 Paternal Grandmother: 29 \*Her mother died when I was 13. ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2018, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-were-you-when-you-lost-your-last-grandparent/439617/198 "2018-05-14T04:07:45Z")
Only really knew one alive; maternal grandmother who lived with us when I was growing up. She died when I was roughly 36. Decorated her grave today which is one of the reasons I decided to post; a lot of memories are fresh in my brain of those 36 years. ---
**Author:** ![Mighty\_Girl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7bcc69/32.png) [@Mighty\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mighty_Girl)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2018, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-were-you-when-you-lost-your-last-grandparent/439617/199 "2018-05-14T04:14:25Z")
I was 44 when my last grandparent died, 8 when the last great grandparent died. ---
**Author:** ![BwanaBob](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bwanabob/32/2985_2.png) [@BwanaBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BwanaBob)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2018, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-were-you-when-you-lost-your-last-grandparent/439617/200 "2018-05-14T14:53:55Z")
One died (days) before I was born. The others went when I was 17, then 35, and then finally 36. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-were-you-when-you-lost-your-last-grandparent/439617.md?page=9) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-were-you-when-you-lost-your-last-grandparent/439617.md?page=11)