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Between all of your GG Grandparents and GGG Grandparents (and GGGG grandparents etc, if you feel the need :P ), what is the largest age gap between them?
My oldest G Grandparent was born in 1882, and my youngest was born in 1896. (14 years)
My oldest GG Grandparent was born in 1842, and my youngest was born in 1877. (35 years)
My oldest GGG Grandparent was born in 1803, and my youngest was born in 1856. (53 years)
My oldest GGGG Grandparent was born about 1753, and my youngest was born in 1836. (83 years)
My oldest GGGGG Grandparent was born about 1734, and my youngest was born in 1811 (of those that I've found). (77 years)
Andrew
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My GG grandparents were born between 1842 and 1869
My GGG Grandparents were born between 1805 and 1842
My GGGG Grandparents were born between 1774 and 1820
My GGGGG Grandparents were born between 1740 and 1785
Anna
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My GG grandparents were born between 1816 and 1852
My GGG Grandparents were born between 1785 and 1817
My GGGG Grandparents were born between C1760 and 1796
Too Much Guesswork for Me to Include the Next Generation (at the Moment!) ::) ;)
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I don't have many big generation gaps. The most notable the I recall off the top of my head comes with one of my favourite ancestors...Webster Glover. He was only 5-years younger than his father-in-law. ;) His wife was 20-years younger than him...and Webster's parents were 15-years older than her grandparents. ;)
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My parents had a three year gap
Grandparents were born 1872 - 1890 (18 year spread)
G-grandparents were born 1830 - 1866 (36 year spread)
GG-grandparents were born 1805 - 1830 (25 year spread)
GGG-grandparents (not all traced yet) those found were born 1773 - 1801 (28 year spread)
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My ggg grandparents were born between 1790 and 1832
(the ones I've found)
My gg between 1823 and 1864
My g between 1864 and 1886
My grandparents between 1901 and 1913
And my parents both born in 1935
Funny how each generation had less of an age gap.
I don't have enough of my gggg grandparents or farther back to figure out, just a smattering here and there.
Kath
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My grandparents were born between 1905 and 1924
My great grandparents between 1872 and 1898
My great, great grandparents between 1840 and 1870
It's too confusing to go any further LOL
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GG grandparents range from 1803 to 1854 (51 year gap)
GGG's from 1761 to 1832 (71 year gap)
GGGG's from 1715 to 1812 (97 year gap).
All you need is a couple of youngest children of a marriage, and, the reverse, an illegitimate birth where the mother was only 16! See, it even happened in the 19th century!
Jill
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Going back farther with me, I don't have a lot (beyond ggg grandparents), but there are several cases where the man married 2 or 3 times and had children by each. And each wife got progressively younger, so there can be quite a gap there, between husband and wife and oldest and youngest sibling. In fact, one of my gg grandmother's actually raised her 4 youngest half siblings when her father and stepmother died.
Kath
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HI,
My G Grandparents 1900/02 on my maternal side but 1873/69 1850/167 on my paternal side
even that is a big gap!
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My GG Grandparents were born between 1863 and 1888 (25 years)
My GGG Grandparents were born between 1823 and 1869 (46 years)
My GGGG Grandparents were born between c1780 and c1840 (c60 years)
Stephen :)
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My g grandparents born between 1882-1902 (20 years)
My gg grandparents born between 1832 and 1883 (51 years)
My ggg grandparents born between 1800 and 1863 (63 years)
Lots of gaps with the gggg grandparents but from the ones I know about around 1765-1837 (around 72 years).
Big gap starts as one gg grandfather being 50 when his wife (16 years his junior) gave birth to my g grandfather born in 1882 and a different gg grandmother, who married at 17, gave birth to my g grandmother at 18 in 1901.
Gordon
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The generations in my family are all jumbled up, with a parent and grandparents of similar age, a half-sister close to my mother's age to name just a couple.
My grandparents were all born between 1836 and 1881 a spread of 55 years.
My paternal grandfather born 1836, died 1893, forty-nine years before I was born when my father was fifty-six.
:)
Jebber
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I have found so far:
G-Grandparents: 1881-1898 (17 yrs)
GG-Grandparents: 1848-1876 (28 yrs)
GGG-Grandparents: 1807-1847 (40 yrs)
GGGG-Grandparents: 1771-1818 (47 yrs)
Have a few past this but not really enough for a good comparison, its interesting to see that the eldest ancestor could be the parent or even grandparent of the youngest!
acceber
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It turns out my GGGG Grandfather was older than I thought - born 1753, aged 49 at his (second) marriage. Now, does anyone want to look for a John Smith born 1753 not in Lincolnshire? :( :P
Andrew