Blood relative? Grandmother. She died at 96 at the end of 1999, and I'm 100% sure it was because she already had a headstone with her birth year and then 19__ as her death year, and she didn't want to have to have it redone.
So far, it's my mom...83...and she's still alive and kicking! She's outlived 3 ex-husbands, both her parents, all her siblings. She's got us 4 kids and 7 grandkids.
My hubby’s grandma is still kicking it at 107 and still has her humor about her! Has always been an amazing and kind woman with a friendly smile. In a nursing facility and very beloved. Her secret? Tomatoes!
my paternal grandmother lived to 103. She still had her mind - her heart gave out. My paternal relatives all live to be over 90 unless they die of a hereditary disease that runs in the family.
There could be older people in my family that I don't know. It's a big family. But of blood relatives that I knew, the oldest was my paternal grandfather who died at 86.
So, I'm the poster from the Holocaust survivor family which means nearly all of my relatives were murdered. My maternal grandparents fled Germany when my mom was 1 and she grew up in Israel. My mom, who had proper nutrition as a child, passed away at 85. My dad, who spent a good chunk of his childhood in concentration camps, is still going strong at 90.
My great uncle is 96 and still living on his own. His doctor (he has outlived three of them) said he will easily live to 100. He is a vocal gay rights advocate and He was a POW in WWII having been captured during the battle of the bulge. I hope I have his long life genes.
Ooo Unknown, strong family. My daughter bought me a DNA test and have mixture of short and long-lived ancestors. My oldest brother is 80 and still kickin' !
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ReplyDeleteI had a grand-aunt that lived to 100.
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ReplyDeleteMy grandmother. 104
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ReplyDeleteGreat Grandma lived to 4 days before her 105th birthday.
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ReplyDeleteBad with ages, but my father and everyone on his side of the family lives past 90. Nobody has hit 100 yet though.
ReplyDeleteBlood relative? Grandmother. She died at 96 at the end of 1999, and I'm 100% sure it was because she already had a headstone with her birth year and then 19__ as her death year, and she didn't want to have to have it redone.
ReplyDeleteSo far, it's my mom...83...and she's still alive and kicking! She's outlived 3 ex-husbands, both her parents, all her siblings. She's got us 4 kids and 7 grandkids.
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ReplyDeleteMy hubby’s grandma is still kicking it at 107 and still has her humor about her! Has always been an amazing and kind woman with a friendly smile. In a nursing facility and very beloved. Her secret? Tomatoes!
ReplyDeletemy paternal grandmother lived to 103. She still had her mind - her heart gave out.
ReplyDeleteMy paternal relatives all live to be over 90 unless they die of a hereditary disease that runs in the family.
103, 93, 88
ReplyDeleteMy family lives a long ass time on both sides. I need good retirement savings.
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My Uncle just mentioned that he was 93,my mom and Aunt lived to 93.
ReplyDeleteThere could be older people in my family that I don't know. It's a big family.
ReplyDeleteBut of blood relatives that I knew, the oldest was my paternal grandfather who died at 86.
My Mom is 89!
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ReplyDeleteSo, I'm the poster from the Holocaust survivor family which means nearly all of my relatives were murdered. My maternal grandparents fled Germany when my mom was 1 and she grew up in Israel. My mom, who had proper nutrition as a child, passed away at 85. My dad, who spent a good chunk of his childhood in concentration camps, is still going strong at 90.
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ReplyDelete95 - my grandfather; I believe his father lived to 95, too.
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ReplyDeleteMy great uncle is 96 and still living on his own. His doctor (he has outlived three of them) said he will easily live to 100. He is a vocal gay rights advocate and He was a POW in WWII having been captured during the battle of the bulge. I hope I have his long life genes.
ReplyDeleteThe women in my family live to be old.
ReplyDeleteThe men? None with the exception of 1, lived beyond 70.
Great-grandmother lived to be 104, buried 1 husband, 9 children, 22 grandchildren, and 12 siblings.
I don't think I'd like to live that long, where everyone I'd grown up with was dead, and more than likely *their* children are dead.
106. 94. 90, 90, 87
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ReplyDeleteMy paternal great-grandfather lived to 102 or 103.
ReplyDeleteOoo Unknown, strong family. My daughter bought me a DNA test and have mixture of short and long-lived ancestors. My oldest brother is 80 and still kickin' !
ReplyDeleteAll of my family members died at age 27.
ReplyDeleteI think my dad's still alive. If so, he would be 78.
ReplyDeleteGrandpa lived to 93, Dad's still going strong at 84.
ReplyDeleteGrandma. 94
ReplyDeleteI think my great aunt made it to 92. i have no desire to live past 70
ReplyDeleteMy paternal grandmother 86. My father died at 34, natural causes, my mother 60 and my maternal grandmother 60.
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