Paternal – grandfather died at 85, grandmother at 88
Maternal – grandfather at 55, grandmother at 97
Parents – father at 84, mother at 87
No idea of grandfather (I think he was in his 30’s)–he died somewhat young from a broken leg which got infected. Left my grandmother a young widow. She lived until 90 and she died peacefully in her sleep in bed.
My mom lived until 70 (she had a lot of problems (beginning with flesh-eating disease on her leg and and finally congestive hear failure).
Father died a at 53 (brain cancer-though he had fought various cancers for a good decade before it finally went to his brain.
Younger brother died at 44 of brain cancer. Died a few months after they diagnosed him. He had so many tumors the inside of his head looked like a bubble gun machine (per the oncologist).
Twin sister died at 53 from breast & brain cancer (the shit spread). She had breast cancer the first time, but it came back (a different version) 6 years later.
edit: My dad had said that the all the men in family died by age 54. I am still kicking at 60 though. I wonder if my twin sister got the cancer gene instead of me and if I should have been the one who died.
Moms dad-around 70
Moms mom-45
Dads dad-around 70
Dads mom-around 70
Mom-85
Dad-93
I’ve got longevity.
Maternal Grandmother: 82
Maternal Grandfather: 84
Paternal Grandmother: 80
Paternal Grandfather: 94
Mother: 101
Father: 95
All of these individuals were very religious, lived on a farm, worked hard, ate right, and didn’t drink or smoke.
I am none of the above.
Grandmothers 50 and 60; Grandfathers 68 and 71. The latter grandfather was the only one still alive when I was born.
Mother 87, father 97.
My grandfathers died at 71 and 74. My grandmothers died at 89 and 97. My father died at 87. My mother is still alive at 87.
My maternal grandfather died in his early 60’s from a stroke. I have no idea about my paternal grandfather (but he was an alcoholic, so probably not old). My maternal grandmother died in her later 80’s, after years of progressing dementia and decades of a heart condition. My paternal grandmother died in her 70’s from unknown causes.
My father died in his mid-70’s from semi-undetermined causes (survived a cancer). My mother is still alive in her mid-70’s.
I don’t think I have reason to expect longevity for me, even though I don’t drink or smoke, and I eat pretty decently and exercise regularly.
My maternal grandmother died suddenly at 69, probably of a stroke; my maternal grandfather died at 92 after two years of congestive heart failure and increasing dementia.
My paternal grandmother died of a heart attack at 73 and my paternal grandfather died at 62 (no idea what cause).
My father died at 67 of pancreatic cancer, and my mother died from a subarachnoid hemorrhage at 79.
Paternal grandmother, 20s – 1918 pandemic.
Paternal grandfather, 50s – stroke.
Maternal grandparents, mid-80s
Mother, 73 – lung cancer.
Father, 82 – COPD.
Both smoked.
MAternally, good. One grandmother lived to 89, the other to 92. My mother turns 76 soon, and she is very healthy.
Paternally, not great. My father was 70 when he died and was the oldest male at time of death in his line at the time. His father died at 65. My maternal grandfather died at 85 so maybe I’ll get his genes.
Paternal grandfather: 84
Paternal grandmother: 97
Maternal grandfather: 86
Maternal grandmother: 84
Parents still living, 80 and 79. Due to better medical care and knowledge, they are in far better health than their parents at the same age.
Paternal grandfather died at 92. His siblings all died between 89 and 100.
Paternal grandmother died in her 50s. She had lifelong kidney problems. This was in 1939 so the assumption is that her health issues could be treated now.
Maternal grandfather died at 60. It was before I was born but it has been described to me as medical malpractice and misdiagnosed appendicitis.
My maternal grandmother died at 104.
My grandparents checked out at 67, 85, 92 and 100. 67 was due to an accident.
My parents are 85 and 86.
Except for an accidental death in early adulthood, all other seven of my aunts and uncles are still alive at 83 to 89.
Many of my cousins in their 60s are incredibly youthful in appearance. None of them do a lick of exercise and none of them are healthy eaters by any stretch of the imagination.
Paternal grandfather was 72. Paternal grandmother was 73 or 74.
Maternal grandparents were both mid-80s.
Father was 72.
Mother still alive at 89.
I’m 69 - hoping for at least 20 more years…
Paternal grandfather - was diabetic and died in his late 70s. he was adopted, so nothing is known about his forebears.
Paternal grandmother - died at 83. She was raised by an aunt after being sent to the US as a toddler. Her parents never left Ireland and both supposedly died young.
Maternal grandfather - died of a heart attack at 73. His parents were in their mid-to-late 70s when they died in the early 1940s.
Maternal grandmother - died at 94. Her parents both died in their mid 80s ca. 1935. Her paternal grandfather died in his mid 30s in 1856.
Father - died at 75 of a heart attack while undergoing chemo for colon cancer.
Mother - died at 56 due to complications/side effects of treatment for rheumatoid arthritis.
We had a thread on longevity a while ago where someone found a really good reference that said that spouses have more similar age-at-death than siblings. So there’s a lot of nurture in longevity.
My father’s parents died young, of lung cancer and suicide. I don’t know exactly how young, except it was before my father married.
My mother’s parents lived to ~80 and 99.
My parents were both about 84 when they died.
Wow, starting this thread has really highlighted for me how “normal” my family is and how “special” my partner’s family is. All four of his grandparents lived to around 90 (not sure of their exact ages, but it’s around there), and three of them are still alive and in good health, so it could still be a long time before the rest of them die.
Paternal great-grandma - 80 natural causes
Paternal great-grandpa - 60 burst appendix
Paternal great-grandma - 88 ?
Paternal great-grandpa - 94 ?
Maternal great grandma - 80 ?
Maternal great-grandpa - 80 ?
Maternal great-grandma - 70 ?
Maternal great-grandpa - 56 workplace accident
Paternal grandma - 79 brain aneurysm/stroke
Paternal grandpa - 59 heart attack
Maternal grandma - 74 Alzheimer’s
Maternal grandpa - 77 COPD
Dad - 54 heart attack
Mom - 82 still kickin’
Not too shabby but it’s a bit variable in my family:
Paternal grandfather - early 40s but died as a result of a workplace accident
Paternal grandmother - just shy of 80
Maternal grandmother - not quite sure due to a major family falling-out, but I think she was in her 70s
Maternal grandfather - who knows?
Dad - mid 50s, peritonitis
Mum - mid 80s, lung cancer
My paternal grandmother died before I was born. I think she was in her 50’s. I also think she had diabetes, though not sure whether that was directly what killed her, but it might have been; treatment of diabetes was in its infancy at the time.
My maternal grandmother died at somewhere around 70, of a tumor which wasn’t diagnosed, despite her complaints, until way too late.
My paternal grandfather lived to 87; died abruptly a couple of days after prostrate surgery.
My maternal grandfather lived to somewhere in the first half of his 90’s – his exact birthdate is uncertain. Died of a massive stroke in his sleep, never woke up. Way to do it, Grandpa; hope I manage as well.
My father died at 69 of a series of strokes. He had his first heart attack in his early 30’s (stress related) and had had several more over the years. He also had diabetes and was on insulin by his late 40’s. Basically, he didn’t have much of a circulatory system left.
My mother died at 89, technically of complications of a broken hip, in detail because she stopped eating. She also had vascular dementia, but it wasn’t anywhere near advanced enough to kill her.
My mother was one of six siblings. Five of them lived into their 80’s or 90’s; the sixth died in his seventies of a brain tumor, possibly location-related. My father was an only child, and a lot of his relatives died of the Holocaust.