# Poll: Dopers' Grandparents **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 27, 2005, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-dopers-grandparents/328099 "2005-10-27T01:45:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Captain\_Amazing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@Captain\_Amazing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Amazing)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2005, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-dopers-grandparents/328099/61 "2005-10-27T19:20:39Z")
I’m 30. My maternal grandmother is still alive. She’s 86. My maternal grandfather died a month before I was born. My paternal grandmother died when I was 7. My paternal grandfather died when I was 12. My paternal step-grandmother died when I was 17. ---
**Author:** ![yellowval](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/919ad9/32.png) [@yellowval](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yellowval)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2005, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-dopers-grandparents/328099/62 "2005-10-27T19:43:48Z")
A. I’m 28 B. Both my grandmothers are still living. One is 88 and the other is 82. C. I lost one grandfather when I was 11. He was 80 and had a heart attack. The other died when I was 14. He was 76. He had Parkinson’s Disease and died from complications of pneumonia. I also had one set of great-grandparents alive during my lifetime. I was pretty young when great-grandma died , not sure how old exactly. I remember visiting her in the nursing home. Great-grandpa died when I was 15, I think. He was 96. ---
**Author:** ![E.Thorp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/898d66/32.png) [@E.Thorp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E.Thorp)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2005, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-dopers-grandparents/328099/63 "2005-10-27T19:45:13Z")
I’m 38, with no living grandparents. Maternal grandfather died 1981 (age 77; I was 13) Paternal grandfather died 1985 (age 79; I was 17) Maternal grandmother died 2001 (age 89; I was 33) Paternal grandmother died 2001 (age 93; I was 34) ---
**Author:** ![Casey1505](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dc4da7/32.png) [@Casey1505](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casey1505)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2005, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-dopers-grandparents/328099/64 "2005-10-27T20:04:13Z")
I’m 34. Paternal grandfather died in '97, maternal grandmother in '01, maternal grandfather in '04. My maternal grandmother is still alive. For a while, my son had more living great grandparents (5) than living grandparents (3). Granted, that only lasted about 18 months, but I still thought it was very unusual. ---
**Author:** ![Thylacinewas\_taken](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c67d28/32.png) [@Thylacinewas\_taken](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thylacinewas_taken)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2005, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-dopers-grandparents/328099/65 "2005-10-27T20:04:14Z")
A. How old are you? 23 B. Are any of your grandparents alive? (if so, which?) Yes, both of my grandmas! My Saskatchewan Grandma is 91 and my German Oma is 90. C. If they’re not, how old were you when they died? I never met my Opa, and my Saskatchewan grandpa died when I was 9. ---
**Author:** ![Casey1505](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dc4da7/32.png) [@Casey1505](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casey1505)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2005, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-dopers-grandparents/328099/66 "2005-10-27T20:10:51Z")
> [@Casey1505](#): > > For a while, my son had more living great grandparents (5) than living grandparents (3). Granted, that only lasted about 18 months, but I still thought it was very unusual. Actually, he’s 5 now, and, come to think of it, the GGp to Gp total is still favoring the GGp. He’s got 3 living great grandmothers, and two living grandparents (both of my parents are deceased). ---
**Author:** ![kelly5078](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/6f9a4e/32.png) [@kelly5078](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kelly5078)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2005, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-dopers-grandparents/328099/67 "2005-10-27T20:35:53Z")
Twofer: I’ll answer for both myself and my daughter (for my son, subtract 2). Me: 55 Nope Pgf: -16, Pgm:19 Mgf:6 Mgm:21 Daughter: 20 Mgm: Is 83 or so Pgf:5 Pgm:7 Mgf:About the time she was born. ---
**Author:** ![Gilligan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Gilligan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gilligan)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2005, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-dopers-grandparents/328099/68 "2005-10-27T20:40:00Z")
A. How old are you? 44 B. Are any of your grandparents alive? (if so, which?) No C. If they’re not, how old were you when they died? maternal grandmother - before I was born maternal grandfather - when I was 20 paternal grandmother - when I was 24 paternal grandfather - when I was 12 ---
**Author:** ![seosamh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce7236/32.png) [@seosamh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/seosamh)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2005, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-dopers-grandparents/328099/69 "2005-10-27T22:18:15Z")
46 (next Monday) No Maternal grandfather: 1965 Maternal grandmother: 1972 (at 88, the oldest of the 4) Paternal grandfather: 1969 Paternal grandmother: 1976 ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2005, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-dopers-grandparents/328099/70 "2005-10-27T22:33:28Z")
a. 52 b. No c. Paternal GF: months before I was born; Maternal GM 17; Paternal GM 23; Maternal GF: 38. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Woo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7c8e57/32.png) [@Dr.Woo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Woo)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2005, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-dopers-grandparents/328099/71 "2005-10-28T01:04:28Z")
I’m 52 No bio grandparents still living, but my grandmother-in-law is still alive at 99 (she turns 100 in a couple of weeks). It’s kind of cool being a granddaughter and a grandmother at the same time. My paternal gmother died 29 years before I was born My paternal gfather died when I was 23 My maternal gmother died when I was 19 My maternal gfather died when I was 20 ---
**Author:** ![gwendee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/35a633/32.png) [@gwendee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gwendee)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2005, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-dopers-grandparents/328099/72 "2005-10-28T01:17:26Z")
A. 37 B. No C. Both of my maternal grandparents died when I was 19. My paternal grandfather died when i was 30, and my grandmother when I was 32. ---
**Author:** ![Treviathan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/838e76/32.png) [@Treviathan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treviathan)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2005, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-dopers-grandparents/328099/73 "2005-10-28T01:25:46Z")
a) 25 b) None. I think I may be the youngest so far with no grandparents alive. In fact, the only grandparent I ever knew was my maternal grandfather. c) My maternal grandfather died in 1998, I think, and I believe he was 89. Both paternal grandparents and my maternal grandmother died before I was hatched. The woman I knew as “grandma” was my grandfather’s second wife, and she passed away a few years after he did. ---
**Author:** ![Treviathan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/838e76/32.png) [@Treviathan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treviathan)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2005, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-dopers-grandparents/328099/74 "2005-10-28T01:28:13Z")
I should amend that claim to be the youngest here without any grandparents - I missed **Mississippienne** ’s post. ---
**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2005, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-dopers-grandparents/328099/75 "2005-10-28T01:35:52Z")
A. 32 B. 2 of 4 still living (paternal grandmother and maternal grandfather) C. Paternal grandfather died at 55 in 1982; maternal grandmother died 2001 at 77. ---
**Author:** ![Xgemina](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/b5e925/32.png) [@Xgemina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xgemina)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2005, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-dopers-grandparents/328099/76 "2005-10-28T01:39:13Z")
a) 34 b) no c) maternal grandmother when I was 15, maternal grandfather at 24 paternal grandfather when I was 22, paternal grandmother at 29 ---
**Author:** ![Zoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a4c791/32.png) [@Zoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zoe)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2005, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-dopers-grandparents/328099/77 "2005-10-28T01:39:28Z")
A. How old are you? B. Are any of your grandparents alive? (if so, which?) C. If they’re not, how old were you when they died? A. 62 B. No C. My paternal grandfather, a soldier during the Civil War, died in 1925, 18 years before I was born. My paternal grandmother died approximately 8 years before I was born. I was 6 when my maternal grandfather died and fifteen when my maternal grandmother died. ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2005, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-dopers-grandparents/328099/78 "2005-10-28T01:44:23Z")
34 No (I only have one parent alive, as well) MGf -2 cancer PGf 6 heart failure PGm 15 Alzheimer’s MGm 18 sudden cardiac arrest I’m the youngest of six, and my mother is one of the later children out of 12 and my father was one of the later children out of 11. It’s a wonder their parents lasted as long as they did! ---
**Author:** ![ITR\_champion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c67d28/32.png) [@ITR\_champion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ITR_champion)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2005, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-dopers-grandparents/328099/79 "2005-10-28T02:51:04Z")
I am 23. I have one grandmother who is still alive. My other grandparents died, if I recall correctly, when I was 7, 9, and 22. ---
**Author:** ![Dunderman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecb155/32.png) [@Dunderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dunderman)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2005, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-dopers-grandparents/328099/80 "2005-10-28T03:06:36Z")
A. 28 B. Both grandmothers living, both grandfathers dead. C. Maternal grandfather died when I was 8. Paternal grandfather died when I was 24. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-dopers-grandparents/328099.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-dopers-grandparents/328099.md?page=5)