# How old were your parents when you were born? What was their age difference? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 31, 2010, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-were-your-parents-when-you-were-born-what-was-their-age-difference/552191 "2010-08-31T22:28:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 7
**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:** [September 30, 2010, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-were-your-parents-when-you-were-born-what-was-their-age-difference/552191/121 "2010-09-30T15:17:10Z")
> [@Alessan](#): > > my father has more first cousins than he can throw a rock at, and beleive me, he’s tried. Your father is Palestinian? :eek: ---
**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:** [September 30, 2010, 3:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-were-your-parents-when-you-were-born-what-was-their-age-difference/552191/122 "2010-09-30T15:32:54Z")
“Dad” was 19: Mom was 18. ---
**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:** [September 30, 2010, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-were-your-parents-when-you-were-born-what-was-their-age-difference/552191/123 "2010-09-30T16:25:08Z")
My father was 25, and my mother was 21. I’m the oldest in my family; they were 36 and 32 when my youngest brother was born. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2010, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-were-your-parents-when-you-were-born-what-was-their-age-difference/552191/124 "2010-09-30T21:44:54Z")
I am the youngest of two kids. Sister was born 7 yrs earlier. Dad was 39 and Mom was 38. I think this was generally considered quite old back in the early 60’s when I was born. edit: Oh my grandparents were in their mid to late 30’s when Mom and Dad were born. Mom is the youngest of three and Dad was the 4th of 6 boys. I am age 49, and I have great great uncle that fought in the civil war. ---
**Author:** ![Pai325](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@Pai325](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pai325)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2010, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-were-your-parents-when-you-were-born-what-was-their-age-difference/552191/125 "2010-09-30T22:11:08Z")
I’m the second of four; my parents were 20 and 31. Their first child was born at 19 and 30, and fourth child born at 25 and 36. ---
**Author:** ![Stoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stoid/32/272_2.png) [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2010, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-were-your-parents-when-you-were-born-what-was-their-age-difference/552191/126 "2010-09-30T23:16:52Z")
Dad: 25 (though my mom thought he was 29, almost 30. He lied about his age and I didn’t find out the truth until 35 years later) Mom: 35. I was her last child, and I was thought of her as having two generations of kids, since her first child was born when she was herself 17 years old, and her last child was born 17 years later. ---
**Author:** ![Ignatz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/3be4f8/32.png) [@Ignatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ignatz)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2010, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-were-your-parents-when-you-were-born-what-was-their-age-difference/552191/127 "2010-10-01T03:04:03Z")
dad 31, mom 29; 2 ---
**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:** [October 1, 2010, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-were-your-parents-when-you-were-born-what-was-their-age-difference/552191/128 "2010-10-01T03:54:36Z")
Dad was 29 and Mom was 23 when I was born. When my brother was born, Dad was 40 and Mom was 34. So my parents are 6 years apart, and my brother and I are 11 years apart. We’re almost not the same generation, my brother and I. ---
**Author:** ![RollOutTheBarrel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rolloutthebarrel/32/1649_2.png) [@RollOutTheBarrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RollOutTheBarrel)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2010, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-were-your-parents-when-you-were-born-what-was-their-age-difference/552191/129 "2010-10-01T04:38:22Z")
Both of my parents were 37 when I was born. They are only 2.5 months apart in age. ---
**Author:** ![Mississippienne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d2c977/32.png) [@Mississippienne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mississippienne)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2010, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-were-your-parents-when-you-were-born-what-was-their-age-difference/552191/130 "2010-10-01T04:57:01Z")
Father was 49. Mother was 32. Paternal grandfather was 32 when my father was born. Paternal grandmother was 31. Maternal grandfather was 47 when my mother was born. Maternal grandmother was 34. My paternal grandmother’s parents were the oldest of the following generation; her father was 44 (born 1860!) and her mother was 40 (born 1864) when she was born. She was the eleventh of their twelve children; her eldest sibling was born in 1881. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Bith\_Shuffle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ce73a5/32.png) [@The\_Bith\_Shuffle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Bith_Shuffle)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2010, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-were-your-parents-when-you-were-born-what-was-their-age-difference/552191/131 "2010-10-01T05:36:09Z")
Dad was 42, Mom was 34. ---
**Author:** ![Waxwinged](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c2a13f/32.png) [@Waxwinged](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Waxwinged)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2010, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-were-your-parents-when-you-were-born-what-was-their-age-difference/552191/132 "2010-10-01T12:54:05Z")
18 for Mom and 19 for biological dad. Got a sibling who was born when mom was 40 and step-dad was 60, though. A miracle-kid. ;3 ---
**Author:** ![Philster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/13edae/32.png) [@Philster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Philster)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2010, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-were-your-parents-when-you-were-born-what-was-their-age-difference/552191/133 "2010-10-01T16:04:16Z")
Father was 27 Mother was about to turn 24. They were just about 3.5 years apart. ---
**Author:** ![FallenAngel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@FallenAngel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FallenAngel)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2010, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-were-your-parents-when-you-were-born-what-was-their-age-difference/552191/134 "2010-10-01T21:28:06Z")
Dad was 46, Mom 40. I was a New Year’s Eve blowout surprise conception. ---
**Author:** ![divemaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/divemaster/32/78_2.png) [@divemaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/divemaster)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2010, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-were-your-parents-when-you-were-born-what-was-their-age-difference/552191/135 "2010-10-02T05:04:18Z")
My dad was 26; my mom was 24. ---
**Author:** ![Antinor01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecae2f/32.png) [@Antinor01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antinor01)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2010, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-were-your-parents-when-you-were-born-what-was-their-age-difference/552191/136 "2010-10-02T05:18:56Z")
My mom was 23 years and 18 days old, my bio dad was about a year younger. I don’t know for sure because I’ve never met him. her husband of 30 odd years and my adopted dad would have been 30 when I was born. ---
**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:** [October 2, 2010, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-were-your-parents-when-you-were-born-what-was-their-age-difference/552191/137 "2010-10-02T16:50:13Z")
Dad was 27 and Mom was 26. They’re 8 months apart. ---
**Author:** ![6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/6/e19adc/32.png) [@6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2010, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-were-your-parents-when-you-were-born-what-was-their-age-difference/552191/138 "2010-10-02T17:00:56Z")
Mum: 23 years, 10 months Dad: 24 years, 3 months. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-old-were-your-parents-when-you-were-born-what-was-their-age-difference/552191.md?page=6)