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/Elphaba78 Aug 17 '24

I’m 31. I was born when my dad was just shy of 40.

On my dad’s side, he was born in 1954, his parents in 1911 and 1913, his grandparents between 1870-1879, his great-grandparents between 1835-1845, his great-great-grandparents in the early 1800s, and his 3x-great-grandparents between 1765-1780. The thing in common is that almost all of his direct ancestors were among the youngest children in their family. It’s a pretty cool pattern.

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u/-DementedAvenger- Aug 17 '24 edited Feb 20 '26

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u/Elphaba78 Aug 17 '24

That’s so neat! That would’ve only been my grandparents’ era.