r/OldSchoolCool • u/TheDustyB • Aug 16 '24

1950s My Great Grandmother (center) with some of her friends, Middle School, Illinois, 1956

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u/Owl__Kitty88 Aug 17 '24

Time is weird. Your GREAT GRANDMOTHER was in HS in 56 …. My great GMA was born like 1890 LOL

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u/[deleted] Aug 17 '24

My mom is probably closer to OP's great grandmother's age--I'm also a Millennial --but her oldest great grandchild turns 10 this year. I'm feeling the same.

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u/[deleted] Aug 17 '24

My mom technically became a grandma when I was only 3 but my brother's baby mama chose adoption so not sure if it counts. But his next kid was born in '94 and she had her first kid in 2014!

My grandma & her mother were pregnant at the same time. My mom was slightly older than her aunt

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u/Most-Protection-2529 Aug 18 '24

Congratulations 🎉!

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u/fauviste Aug 17 '24

I’m a millennial and my mother was 11 in 1956 so if this really is a middle school photo, my mother could’ve been there. (It really looks like high school tho.)

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u/-burgers Aug 17 '24

Same here.

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u/CynfullyDelicious Aug 17 '24

Same. My GGM was born in 1894, and my mom would have been a HS sophomore in 1956.

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u/Owl__Kitty88 Aug 17 '24

My mom was born 1950 but she’s the youngest of 6 girls ! Haha so her mom was “older” when she had her.

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u/diomed1 Aug 17 '24

OP is probably a lot younger than you?

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u/Owl__Kitty88 Aug 17 '24

No I get that, lol that’s why I said “time is weird” at the beginning. I was just … making conversation