How many of your great grandparents are alive?

[vammy]

Or atleast the ones you met in person.

Only one of my great grandparents are still alive... She was born with mental illness and seems to have gotten worse.
In her mid 80's

( Yes this is my attempt to have a discussion about something )

[Deleted]

none

[Τι κοιτάς ρε]

None.

[eloos]

my great grandfather shot himself trying to shoot a squirrel

[Τι κοιτάς ρε]

Jul 11, 2015 15:20:33 GMT -4 eloos said:

my great grandfather shot himself trying to shoot a squirrel

Gee fucking gee, no re.

[The Jiggler]

My grandfather died while doing a backflip. 

[caicee]

None of 'em m80s.

[Baise-moi]

None.

[tarandus]

I have no idea.

[Deleted]

Highly unlikely; I doubt it
Especially seeing that only one of my grandparents is alive at this point

[Ivy]

My last one died a few months ago.

[Bannanachair]

My mother's mother's mother died about a year ago at the age of 97.
My father's mother's mother died when I was one.
My mother's mother's father died two weeks before I was born.

So there you have it - I've met, in person, two of my great grandparents and I know for a fact that I nearly met a third. There may be one or two others that I simply didn't include on the list for nearly meeting me, I'm honestly not sure and it would just be really cruel to ask my grandparents about when their dead parents died or my parents about when their dead grandparents died.

[Duck14]

Jul 18, 2015 19:03:07 GMT -4 Bannanachair said:

My mother's mother's mother died about a year ago at the age of 97.
My father's mother's mother died when I was one.
My mother's mother's father died two weeks before I was born.

So there you have it - I've met, in person, two of my great grandparents and I know for a fact that I nearly met a third. There may be one or two others that I simply didn't include on the list for nearly meeting me, I'm honestly not sure and it would just be really cruel to ask my grandparents about when their dead parents died or my parents about when their dead grandparents died.

How would it be cruel? It shows you are taking an interest in your ancestry. They are part of your family even though you never met them so you have a right to know.

It also gives your parents and grandparents a reason to talk about them.

[passion fruit]

both of my great grandparent on my dads side died before i was born.

both of my mothers side died before i could travel to where her cousins live to see them.

[Bannanachair]

Jul 19, 2015 3:03:24 GMT -4 Duck14 said:

Jul 18, 2015 19:03:07 GMT -4 Bannanachair said:

My mother's mother's mother died about a year ago at the age of 97.
My father's mother's mother died when I was one.
My mother's mother's father died two weeks before I was born.

So there you have it - I've met, in person, two of my great grandparents and I know for a fact that I nearly met a third. There may be one or two others that I simply didn't include on the list for nearly meeting me, I'm honestly not sure and it would just be really cruel to ask my grandparents about when their dead parents died or my parents about when their dead grandparents died.

How would it be cruel? It shows you are taking an interest in your ancestry. They are part of your family even though you never met them so you have a right to know.

It also gives your parents and grandparents a reason to talk about them.

Let's say that you're old and your parents are dead. How would you feel if, even if I was your descendant, I asked you "When did your parents die?"? I'd imagine that they'd start to feel really sad at the thought of their dead parents and their parents' deaths.

[Duck14]

Jul 19, 2015 5:13:27 GMT -4 Bannanachair said:

Jul 19, 2015 3:03:24 GMT -4 Duck14 said:

How would it be cruel? It shows you are taking an interest in your ancestry. They are part of your family even though you never met them so you have a right to know.

It also gives your parents and grandparents a reason to talk about them.

Let's say that you're old and your parents are dead. How would you feel if, even if I was your descendant, I asked you "When did your parents die?"? I'd imagine that they'd start to feel really sad at the thought of their dead parents and their parents' deaths.

Sure, I would feel sad about it but also happy to be given a reason to talk about them. Talk about things other than their death such as what they did while they were alive. Not talking about them at all his much worse than talking about their death.

[Benzo]

Gotta agree with Duck here. It may hurt some people to talk about, sure, but time is capable of healing all wounds. I used to snap at people for even mentioning my mom, and now I'm completely fine with it a few years later. It may be a bit of a sensitive topic to approach, sure, but it's better to talk about them in fond memory than to completely forget about them.

[Bannanachair]

Jul 19, 2015 18:39:34 GMT -4 Benzo said:

Gotta agree with Duck here. It may hurt some people to talk about, sure, but time is capable of healing all wounds. I used to snap at people for even mentioning my mom, and now I'm completely fine with it a few years later. It may be a bit of a sensitive topic to approach, sure, but it's better to talk about them in fond memory than to completely forget about them.

If it's a social situation that needs to be done with caution, you can count on me to fuck it up.