# How's the longevity in your family?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hows-the-longevity-in-your-family/980039>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [February 19, 2023, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hows-the-longevity-in-your-family/980039 "2023-02-19T15:37:59Z")\
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**Author:** ![dm03](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@dm03](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dm03)\
**Post date:** [April 16, 2023, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hows-the-longevity-in-your-family/980039/61 "2023-04-16T15:08:18Z")

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Bump but saw the thread and found it interesting to comment as a young one. My parents have told me stories about all of my great grandparents. I only vaguely remember my mom’s maternal grandma who died when I was 3, and vividly remember my dad’s paternal grandpa who died when I was 10. The other six died before I was born.

Mom’s Maternal Grandma: 94 (fall)

Mom’s Maternal Grandpa : 89 (emphysema)

Mom’s Paternal Grandma: 81 (diabetes complications, her toenails weren’t cut right at the nursing home)

Mom’s Paternal Grandpa: 76 (heart attack)

Dad’s Maternal Grandma: 76 (pancreatic cancer)

Dad’s Maternal Grandpa: 52 (colon cancer)

Dad’s Paternal Grandma: 62 (aneurysm)

Dad’s Paternal Grandpa: 99 (old age)

As for my grandparents:

Maternal Grandma: Still alive at 78

Maternal Grandpa: Still alive at 82

Paternal Grandma: 80 (pancreatic cancer)

Paternal Grandpa: Still alive at 86 and I wouldn’t be shocked if he makes 100

My mom is 55 and my dad is 54 at the moment. I’m 19 and feel lucky to have had mostly good luck when it comes to this kind of thing.

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**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\
**Post date:** [April 16, 2023, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hows-the-longevity-in-your-family/980039/62 "2023-04-16T21:54:56Z")

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> [@The\_wind\_of\_my\_soul](#):
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> - How old were each of your grandparents when they died (roughly, doesn’t need to be exact)?
> - How old were each of your parents when they died?

Paternal GF: 88  
Paternal GM: 70(ish)  
Maternal GF & GM: 90, 91  
Father: 75  
Mother: 34 (cancer)

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**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\
**Post date:** [April 16, 2023, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hows-the-longevity-in-your-family/980039/63 "2023-04-16T22:00:47Z")

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Paternal grandfather died at 53(heart attack)  
Paternal grandmother died at 85  
Father died at 85, killed in an accident  
Maternal grandfather died at 83  
Maternal grandmother died at 107(three more weeks and it would be 108)  
Mother died at 88

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**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\
**Post date:** [April 17, 2023, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hows-the-longevity-in-your-family/980039/64 "2023-04-17T16:43:18Z")

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Grandfathers: 28 (Industrial accident) and 72 (“asthma”)  
Grandmothers 79 and 80, both complications from ALZ.

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