How long did you have your grandparents?

[DeluxePrincess]

My maternal grandpa died when I was 3. My maternal grandma died a few years ago when I was 35. We were very close and I think of her every day.

My paternal grandma died before I was born. My paternal grandpa died when I was 25. I've been lucky to have one grandparent from each side live into my adulthood.

 

[tchrrx]

Thank you for this post. My grandpa died yesterday. He was 74 years old and I am 32. This really helped me to put into perspective how lucky I am. Plus, my DD is 9, so she is old enough to have memories of him. Thanks for helping to look at this positively instead wishing I had more time with him.

 

[quentina]

I lost one at 3 and the others at 10, 16 and 30. I want to say that my Grandparents were the most amazing people. My Pop was just incredible....I miss all of them however, he was the most special person to me. There is not a day that goes by that I don't think of him.

 

[phragmipedium]

My paternal grandfather died before I was born, when my father was in high school, from a brain tumor.

My beloved paternal grandmother died when I was a sophomore in high school - with many health complications but the most problematic being dementia. It was very hard to watch her slip away from herself.

My maternal grandmother is 66 (I am 26) and in mostly good health.

My maternal grandfather died when my mother was in high school in an accident. Maternal grandmother remarried six months later; though he's the only "grandfather" I've known, neither of them are very grandparently.

My maternal great-grandmother is 90 years old, and until the past couple years had been doing quite well. Now her eyesight and hearing are going badly, though she's still quite alert and lucid.

My maternal great-grandfather died when I was 9 from renal failure.

 

[quentina]

I've been very lucky.I am 36 and both my maternal grandparents are alive and well and so is my paternal grandmother.My paternal grandfather died when I was 14 due to ALS(Lou Gehrig's disease)

My Nana died from this. Terrible disease. My hubby was just diagnosed with MS yesterday....ALS weighed quite heavily on my mind.

 

[Briarmom]

I am 32.

Paternal Grandfather died when I was 19 at the age of 66.

Paternal Grandmother is still alive at 79.

Maternal Grandfather is still alive at 76.

Maternal Grandmother died this March at 71. Cancer sucks. She was my SAHM growing up. My mom was a single parent and she was that other parent. I miss her every minute.

My Maternal Grandfather still has his mother alive. She's 98 (? I can't remember exactly) and has been 'living' in a nursing home for well over a decade.

 

[Tasha+Scott]

I lost my maternal grandfather when I was 18. It was a very unexpected shock.

I lost my maternal grandmother when I was 26. It was cancer so we knew it was coming but still really hard. My oldest cousin was 40 at the time so she was lucky enough to say she had our grandmother until she was 40.

My dad's biological mom died when he was only 11 from cancer so I never met her. However, his stepmom is the only grandmother I've ever known on his side of the family and she is still alive and well. My paternal grandfather is still alive as well. I will be 29 in Feb. and still have 2 grandparents left. They are still in pretty decent shape and in good health so hopefully they will be around for a long time yet.

 

[Stacerita]

I grew up with all 4 grandparents alive. I have had very little contact with my father's parents. Their choice. His mother is still alive, his father passed away last year.

Ive only really known one set of grandparents. My mom's parents. My grandfather passed away 14 years ago this Christmas. He and I had a wonderful relationship. We were always very close and he was an amazing man. He was there on Iwo Jima for the raising of the flag and had so many stories to tell. Shortly after I graduated from High School he got sick and ended up with a post op infection. From there he never really recovered and spent the next few years sick. He was able to see my DD before he passed away though. My nana, my mom's mom, is still alive. She actually lives with me. She is something else though.

 

[Disneycrazy!!]

I am 31 and still have both grandparents on my moms side. My grandfather on dads side passed away in 2005.

 

[Mufasa&Simba]

My paternal grandma died the year before I was born, so I never knew her sadly. My paternal grandpa died in 1996 when I was 12. Both of my maternal grandparents are living- my grandma is 79 and my grandpa is 81. Still going strong! I'm so thankful I still have them around.

The only great grandparents I ever knew were my maternal grandpa's parents. My great grandma passed away in 1992 and my great grandpa in 1994.

I'm 26 years old now.

 

[justjudy]

Both of my paternal grandparents died before I was born. My maternal grandfather died the day after I was born, and my maternal grandmother died when I was 20. I have so many wonderful memories of summers at her place -- collecting eggs from the hen house, picking raspberries, playing with the rabbits...

 

[golfgal]

My mom's dad died when she was 13, my dad's mom died when I was 4, I have some vague memories of her, my mom's mom died when I was 17 (she lived just a couple blocks from us growing up so we spent a lot of time with her). My dad's dad died about 10 years ago so he was around for most of my life so far.

For our kids-my mom recently died but the rest of the grandparents are all alive and well.

 

[blana]

Paternal grandfather died 2 years before I was born
Maternal grandfather died when I was 7
Paternal grandmother died when I was 23 (2 months after I got married)
Maternal grandmother is still alive at 92

Dh's grandparents were all alive until 2000, but only 1 is left now.

My mom passed away while I was pregnant with DD, so she has only known 3 of her grandparents & DS is starting to forget about his "Mam".

 

[mamamary]

Maternal grandfather and paternal grandmother were already dead before I was born. Paternal grandfather died right after I was born. My maternal grandmother lived with us until she died. I can't remember the year but I was in elem. school.

I'm glad that so many people still have their grandparents around.

 

[2cats1kid]

I didn't do so well on the grandparents thing.

I was born in 1963. My paternal grandfather died in 1939, my paternal grandmother died in 1957 and my maternal grandfather died in 1940. The only one I knew was my maternal grandmother who died in 1975 when I was 12.

My daughter hasn't done too well either. She was born in 1997. My dad died in 1993 and my DH's dad in 1986. She has known both grandmothers, but my mum died in 2004, so she has lost one of them now.

One of the people I work with who is the same sort of age as me has all her grandparents still, and two great grandparents as well. I do envy her sometimes.

 

[ReneeA]

I am 36 and still have 3 of 4 grandparents left. My maternal grandfather was killed on the job when he was 48 (I was 11 at the time). I am fortunate to still have a great grandmother left right now as well.

One of the advantages to having family that procreates at an early age.

 

[waltskids]

My pop pop died when I was 6 months, mom-mom died when I was 4 (both on dad's side of family). My grandpop died when I was 9 and my grandmom when I was 11 (both on mom's side). Our children, however, have no living grandparents as both DH's and my parents all passed away before our children were born.

 

[Beavers5]

I am 29 and I still have both of my paternal grandparents, one great-grandmother, and my maternal grandmother.