Suburban Plankton is 19½ years younger than his sister…same mom and dad. His parents had a Very Happy 20th Anniversary resulting in his birth 9 months later.
I had one son in the '60s, one in the '70s, one in the '80s, and one in the '90s.
So my eldest was 26 when the youngest was born. The youngest is actually closer in age to his niece and nephew.
PS, having got through most of the '00s without having one, I can definitely say that I’m done.
My oldest half-sister is 20+ years older than me and we’re very close despite her and her family residing over 1000 miles away.
I’m the eldest of 5; the youngest of my four little brothers is 14 years younger than me. We’re all full siblings, around 3-3½ years between each of us. I actually wouldn’t say I’m that close to my youngest little brother in a sisterly sort of way. Being the only girl, I’ve been taking care of my little brothers ever since I could change a diaper*, and I’m kind of embarrassed to admit that sometimes I feel more like a baby sitter than a big sister to him. Then again, since I’ve moved away from home, I don’t see them as often as I used to, and usually then it’s because I have to take my brother to the speech therapist or orthodontist or other things pertaining to his condition. Still, it’s more than just a cordial liking.
*You know, it’s kind of weird. My mother is one of the most gender-equality-rah-rah people I know; at her wedding she didn’t let my grandfather walk her down the aisle because no way in Hell was she being given away to ANYBODY. Still, my older little brothers have never had to change their younger siblings’ diapers, for example. I changed my first diaper at age 10, if I recall correctly, and certainly bottle-fed my brothers even before that. By the time my youngest little brother came around, my eldest brothers were 10 and 7, but they didn’t need to take part in baby care in anywhere near the same way I did. …
My grandfather was 25 years older than his youngest (full) sibling and he had two older brothers (family of 15 kids, all of whom lived to adulthood, their mother 16 when the eldest was born and 45 when the baby was born). The reason I mention this is that he and his older brothers (both of whom had children older than their sister- my grandfather had kids starting at 4 years younger than his sister) were amazingly close to her and to their other generation-younger siblings. Their youngest sister died before I was born (she was killed in a car accident in her 30s) but they referred to her constantly and their two youngest brothers, who were only a couple of years older than the baby of the family, visited and went fishing with Mustang (my grandfather) and his older brothers constantly and seemed to be completely siblings without respect to the age difference.
That said, the fact that they were full-siblings and the fact that they lived in the same general area of a mostly rural area probably made a huge difference. My older siblings are only 6 and 8 years older and I rarely speak to the former and am officially not-speaking to the latter, and my mother so hated her 14 years older brother that she drank a toast to the brain cancer that killed him with a bottle of whiskey she’d saved for the occasion.
My daughter has two sister, one 16 years and a day older than her and the other 24 years older than her. The elder has a son 3 months older than my daughter. All close enough considering the older two have moved out.
I am eleven years older than my brother. That’s not much by the standards in this thread, but in the “full siblings, nobody in between” category at least rates an honorable mention.
As far as closeness goes … it’s hard to say. I moved out of home when I was seventeen and he was six, and we’ve lived in different countries for about 12 years now, so there’s not a whole lot of opportunity for interaction. On the other hand, he stayed for a few days last year and we got on really well (my comment ’ wow, it’s almost like we were brought up in the same family or something :D’)
(that reminds me … gotta get him a card for his birthday next week!)
Thirteen and twelve years between my (half) brother and (half) sister, respectively. We’re close, getting closer as we get older. Heck, even though their mom and my dad divorced, I still consider their mom my “auntie”, and she helped raised me when I was a kid. Their cousins are MY cousins, and vice versa. They’re good friends with my cousins, having gone with them on camping trips before I was even in the picture.
All our families put a lot of effort on the family itself and keeping the blood ties. That’s how we know we have each other if we need support.
I do miss having a sister closer in age while I was a teenager. Hence, I learned the hard way (and I’m still learning), how to do/ act more femenine.
PD. They’re also my godparents, but that’s more of a side issue in terms of our relationship.
24 years older than my half brother.
One of my classmates was 18 years younger than her older brother and 14 years older than her little sister. Full siblings, and only the 3 of them.
My mother was 18.5 years younger than her oldest sister, full siblings. There were 7 or 8 kids in between though.
Hee. Same here!