# Your oldest relative

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-oldest-relative/30246>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [August 22, 2000, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-oldest-relative/30246 "2000-08-22T01:08:49Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![neutron\_star](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/51bf81/32.png) [@neutron\_star](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/neutron_star)\
**Post date:** [August 22, 2000, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-oldest-relative/30246/1 "2000-08-22T01:08:49Z")

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… or just someone you know who isn’t related to if they’re really, really old.

My great-grandma will be 96 in November. I’m sure somebody can beat that.

Let’s see if anyone can crack 105.

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**Author:** ![missbunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/76d3ee/32.png) [@missbunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/missbunny)\
**Post date:** [August 22, 2000, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-oldest-relative/30246/2 "2000-08-22T03:21:12Z")

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I have several great-aunts who are all at least 98 years old and still quite spry and mentally all there. I think one of them is 101.

On the other side, most of my father’s family died of a brain tumor, heart disease, or lung cancer before they were 50. So, I’m hoping to make it to 75.