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XanaDUer2

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23. Me too nt

Reply to GreenWave (Original post)

Thu Aug 17, 2023, 06:42 PM

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I met people from this century, last century and even the one before that. How about you? [View all] GreenWave Aug 2023 OP

My grandmother was born in 1882, died in 1980, Ocelot II Aug 2023 #1

Same here. 19th century grandparents, wnylib Aug 2023 #34

Ain't it cool, Green!?! I wish I'd paid more attention as a youngster, but yeah, my grandparents Leghorn21 Aug 2023 #2

I hear you. GreenWave Aug 2023 #11

Yes, we mustn't beat ourselves up for not listening better, Green - as children, we had important Leghorn21 Aug 2023 #15

Same here. Grandpappy, Great Grandma and a couple Great-Great Aunts. haele Aug 2023 #3

If you are over the age of 40 - that is probably a likely thing Lithos Aug 2023 #4

That is quite a list there. GreenWave Aug 2023 #12

Actually, when you think about it, you may have heard stories about cachukis Aug 2023 #5

And an amazing one. GreenWave Aug 2023 #8

The genealogy is a bit hazy soldierant Aug 2023 #19

Love the story and that's the point. The accuracy is no doubt off, cachukis Aug 2023 #20

See my #34 earlier in this thread on the same topic. wnylib Aug 2023 #35

That's gonna happen if you were born mid-century. Like me. dchill Aug 2023 #6

I think there are a lot of us. GreenWave Aug 2023 #9

Turns out to be very common. dchill Aug 2023 #10

three centuries here also: yellowdogintexas Aug 2023 #7

My grandfather has seen some changes Cartoonist Aug 2023 #13

Me too Jilly_in_VA Aug 2023 #14

I don't know what year she was born, Bayard Aug 2023 #16

Yes, my grandparents on both sides whathehell Aug 2023 #17

All four of my grandparents were born in the 1800's. My parents in the 1900'S Fla Dem Aug 2023 #18

One of our neighbors was in his late 90s back in the 1950s. doc03 Aug 2023 #21

Same here! yardwork Aug 2023 #22

Me too nt XanaDUer2 Aug 2023 #23

I probably saw people from the 19th century when I was very young. Elessar Zappa Aug 2023 #24

All four of my grandparents were born in the 1800s. Mr.Bill Aug 2023 #25

My great grandfather was born in 1874, we overlapped by 1 year Rhiannon12866 Aug 2023 #26

I have Marthe48 Aug 2023 #27

When I was a little boy (I was born in 1953) I met a very old man... First Speaker Aug 2023 #28

I've only met people from this century and the last. sakabatou Aug 2023 #29

Me too, my grandfather was born in 1880 and my parents, myself as most of my family in the 20th Raine Aug 2023 #30

Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr personally knew... malthaussen Aug 2023 #31

Me too! IrishAfricanAmerican Aug 2023 #32

Same as you. My grandparents were born in the 1880's. Emile Aug 2023 #33